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FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Roger'--Pavid- — Eleazer1 — Jesse1 — Jesse"' — Edward Everett"
Francis Wayland1
A HISTORY
OF THE
ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
BY FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS
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HACKENSACK, N. J.
THE ORVIS COMPANY, INC.
1922
PREFACE
Because this "A History of the Orvis Family in America" is the out-
growth of two pamphlets published by me in 1911 and 1913, and called
by me "Outlines of the Orvis Family," I have included in these prefatory
remarks the prefaces which appeared in those forerunners. The back-
ground is thus provided for such other remarks of an introductory nature
as properly find place here.
Following the publication, nine years ago, of the later "Outlines," I
found myself impelled as much by choice as by natural consequences to
continue collecting Orvis family data and correcting the fairly large array
which I already had. Many, on receiving the "Outlines," began writing
to me about their immediate branches of the family, pointing out my sins
or omission if not of commission, adding new names and facts and amend-
ing such unintentional misstatements as had crept in, despite my best ef-
forts. Thus my interest was not allowed to flag, and the data continued
to flow in, with the result, finally, that I believed I had a fair nucleus around
which to construct what I might venture to describe as a "History," al-
though in my preface to the 1913 "Outlines" I had expressed the hope that
others than myself, and better fitted for the work, might undertake that
task, prompted by my temerity.
Assisted by many, and urged on by all, I made numerous journeys
to the resting places of long-departed Orvises, as well as to those places
where records of their lives might be inspected, continually adding in these
ways, and by correspondence, to the voluminous data then in hand. The
present volume is the result. If it shall be a source of information and
interest to those of Orvis lineage, and leave with them, as it does with
me, a heightened respect for both the progenitors and the living members
of our clan, the work will not have been in vain. Certainly, no amount
of pleasure and satisfaction that others may take in its perusal can exceed
the pleasure and satisfaction which have been mine in slowly piecing it
together. I have endeavored to acknowledge the assistance and co-opera-
tion that have attended my efforts. I could not hope to express in fitting
terms the feelings prompted by innumerable pleasurable contacts with
others of the family resident in practically every State of the Union. To
all of them I can but send my greetings, reiterate my thanks and commit
this volume to their kindly consideration.
FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS.
Hackensack, N. J.,
September, 1922.
(Preface to September, 1911, issue)
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From time to time various persons have attempted to compile a history of the
Orvis family in America. Among these I may mention Edward E. Orvis, my father,
who published a small pamphlet on the subject, which was subsequently reprinted by
myself, with the intention of continuing the search and making a fuller record.
Edwin W. Orvis, now of 60 Broadway, New York City, published a similar book-
let of his branch of the family, and he has the same desire as others of the family
for "more light."
Dr. B. W. Rhamy, of Fort Wayne, Ind., who married Mary Alice Orvis, became
interested in the subject and has gathered more data concerning the family than any
one else of whom the writer knows.
It was said and generally accepted that three brothers emigrated to this country
from England or Wales, but Dr. Rhamy says that in his investigations he has found
no evidence in support of the assertion. He is of the opinion that all the Orvises are
descendants of one George Orvis, who lived in Farmington, Ct., in 1658 and had
lived there for some time prior to that year, for he married Elizabeth, widow of
David Carpenter, in 1652, by whom he had six children. He was a man of some
importance in the community and died April 27, 1664. The widow subsequently mar-
ried Richard Bronson. With the children of David Carpenter or those of Richard
Bronson this book is not concerned; but with the six children of George Orvis and
their descendants. Copies of the church records of George and his children and
grandchildren are now in the hands of Dr. Rhamy.
FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS.
(Preface to September, 1913, issue)
Two years ago I printed and circulated among the Orvises known to me a
pamphlet which I called "Outlines of the Orvis Family." While the present edition
is more full and contains many names, letters, dates, and whole families not found
in the first, it is still nothing more than "Outlines." It cannot be called a His-
tory. That must come later, when fuller and more accurate information is at hand.
Rather than delay further this pamphlet is printed and distributed among the family
in United States, in the hope that some Orvis or Orvises will take up the work
and systematically compile and publish a "History of the Orvis Family in America"
that will be worthy of its title. All letters, papers or other data that I may have
will always be at the disposal of any one desiring same for this purpose.
I regret that this booklet is as faulty as I know it to be; but it is the best that
I could produce under the conditions, and I shall continue writing to Orvises wherever
I find them, and collecting and collating data concerning the family, for future use as
above stated, whether I issue another book or not.
I want to thank all those who have helped me in this work, and they are scat-
tered all the way from Vermont to California. I am especially grateful to John
Mills Orvis, of Des Moines, Iowa; Rev. G. M. Orvis, of Dubuque, Iowa; Albert H.
Orvis, of Yankton, So. Dak.; Stella V. Davis, of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Mrs. William
Orvis, of Evaline, Mich.; E. R. Orvis, of Mainsburg, Pa.; George E. Orvis, of Mans-
field, Pa.; Harry F. Orvis, of Camp Lake, Wis., and John Mills Orvis, of Missoula,
Mont.
FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS.
September, 1913.
DR. BONNELLE W. RHAMY
Husband of Mary Alice (Orvis) Rhamy, whose male line is:
George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Gershom4 — Charles5 — Charles0 — Mary Alice7
APPRECIATION
It would be impossible to assemble the data for a volume such as this
is without the aid of many members of the family. Not only have the
living members been appealed to for record of the present generation, but
the recollections of many regarding relatives no longer with us have been
freely consulted and been of much assistance. Moreover, others of the
family besides myself have from time to time supplied much helpful
information, which they had assembled with a view at some time of pub-
lishing a similar work. To all those who have thus assisted me I am most
grateful. I am particularly grateful, and make this special acknowledg-
ment, to Dr. B. W. Rhamy, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who, following his
marriage into our family, gathered together a considerable volume of
Orvis data, which he freely offered for use in connection with this work.
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THE OR VIS FAMILY IN ENGLAND
In 1916, while browsing around in the New York Public Library, I
chanced to look in the current directory of London, England, and found this :
"Orvis, Elizabeth, widow of F. W. Orvis, Ship Chandler," and the ad-
dress. This naturally startled me a bit, for F. W. are my initials, but I
was not aware of being a "dead one" entirely. I wrote her at once, and
after some time got this letter, which had been opened by Censor No. 3158:
1 Kings Parade, Lower Combs St., South Croydon,
25th June, 1916.
Dear Sir:
In answer to yours of 8th June, 1916, the letter in question appears
to refer to me. The person to whom you addressed it is my sister-in-law,
whose husband was my brother, F. W. Orvice, who is dead. The Orvice
family, I believe, originated in Norfolk, anyhow, that is where I was born,
in a village by the name of Besthorpe. I cannot give you any further par-
ticulars just now, as my grandfather, grandmother and father are all dead.
I lost the run of an uncle, Joseph Orvice (I think that was his Chris-
tian name), many years ago, who I believe married a Miss Brown, and in
the early part of their married life lived somewhere in Suffolk, I think
near Stowmarket.
If you should be the person in question, or his son, I should be pleased
to hear from you.
Believe me to remain yours respectfully,
R. ORVICE.
Note the spelling of the name "Orvice" and the fact that the writer
thinks the family came from Norfolk County, where he was born, in the
village of Besthorpe, and also that his uncle lived in Suffolk County.
Allegations for Marriage License, Records of Suffolk Co., Eng. :
Edward Orvis, of Lovenham, 23 years, and Mary Cawster, of Great
Waldingfield, Aug. 24, 1761.
Thomas Orvis, of Hitcham, 20 years, and Mary Blake, of Gripping-
Hamlet, 24 years, Oct. 21, 1692.
From Norfolk, Eng., Parish Register, at East Winch Parish, page 90:
"Robert Orvis and Martha Wright, Dec. 29, 1746."
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BEFORE GEORGE
In 1616, there lived in Bardwell, Suffolk Co., Eng., John Orvis and
his wife, Prudence. They had at least three children, two daughters and
a son. Elizabeth was baptized May 2, 1619; Hamith, the son, in April,
1621, and the other daughter, Thomazin, on August 10, 1623, according
to the records found in "Miscellanae Genealogical et Heraldica," Vol. 5,
page 321. It is regrettable that our knowledge of this family is so meagre,
but what there is of it is authentic.
We might imagine that our George was an older brother of Hamith,
the son of John and Prudence, but we have no such record. His age
would permit such contention. He did emigrate; it must have been about
that time or a little later. His name was ORVIS, and that was the way
John and Prudence spelled their family name — not OR VICE, as was used
by some other branches of the family.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 50, page 285,
mentions John Orvis, of Lowford, in Will-Consistory Court of London, Eng-
land, Sept. 12, 1619.
Henry W. Orvis, of Cleveland, Ohio, says positively that "George,
William and Samuel Orvis sailed from Londonderry, Ireland, in the year
1629 for America, landing at a place 60 miles inland on the Piscataqua
River in New Hampshire at or near what is now Portsmouth ; or it may be
possible that they landed at Salem instead of Portsmouth." (Note — There
was a settlement made a short time before 1631 at the mouth of the Pis-
cataqua River on land belonging to Capt. John Mason and under the lead-
ership of Walter Neale. Altogether there were 60 men and 22 women,
who called the settlement Strawberry Bank.)
The will of David Carpenter, first husband of Elizabeth, who after-
wards married George Orvis, dated May 18, 1652 says in part:
"I give to my wife, Elizabeth, the cellar that I live in and all my house-
hold stuff * * * and I commit the care and oversight of my children and
estate and buildings wholly to my master, John White, of Hartford, Conn."
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GEORGE ORVIS
Married in 1652 at Farmington, Connecticut, Elizabeth, widow of
David Carpenter, who had died January 22, 1650 or 1651.
George and Elizabeth had six children, three boys and three girls.
His wife, Elizabeth, joined the Church and her three children by her first
husband and George's children were all baptized in Farmington. (See
Church Records of that town, Vol. 12, page 34). For other authentic in-
formation concerning George and his family, see Savage's Genealogical
Dictionary, Vol. 4, page 317. George died April 27, 1664, the year that
New York was conquered from the Dutch and the year of the great plague
of London, England. His widow married Richard Brownson, Brunson, or
Bronson, as various spellings are given by the different authorities.
Richard Bronson was a carpenter as well as farmer; at least he left
a full set of carpenter tools at his death in 1687. He was a widower with
several children when he married Elizabeth, the widow of George and David.
She certainly led a strenuous life, what with the three children of David
(Elizabeth Carpenter, born 1644; David Carpenter, born 1647, and Mary
Carpenter, baptized August, 1650), the six children of George and those
of Richard. Nine times a natural mother and foster-mother to several
others.
In the History of Northfield, Mass., George was referred to as the
"Emigrant," but where he came from, on what ship and at what time, we
do not now know.
Several have contended that the George ORRIS, who came over on
the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," is the same George — our George — whose age
was given as 21 when he embarked at London, England, May 8, 1635. It
is claimed that ORVIS and ORRIS in hand writing could easily be mistaken
one for the other, and this certainly is true, for that same mistake was
made by the Erie Railroad in this year (1920), in issuing a commutation
Licket to the writer of this sketch, using the previous month's ticket from
which to copy the name. Such an error would have been even more likely
then than now, when education is more general. The theory would be quite
plausible and convincing if it were not a fact that there is a large family
of ORRISES in both this country and England. The spelling of this name
is also irregular: ORIS, ORRIS, ORRISS, ORISS, ORICE, etc. There are
listed in "Soldiers in King Philip's War": John, Jonathan and Experience
Orris and the indications are that they came from Boston. John is listed
as a "smith of Boston." In one document John is recorded as Avis and
was in the same company with "Roger Orris." Roger was undoubtedly
the "son of the emigrant, George," and was wounded "in ye foott," and
was sent home to his mother, as this was after the death of George. In
this last report the clerk or official who made it out vouched for its cor-
rectness, "All except some of the spellings." It is small wonder that he
was confused.
In most of the reports wherever a member of the Boston family is
mentioned some form of spelling ORRIS is used, while for the Connecticut
family some form "of spelling ORVIS is used. There may be one or two
exceptions, similar to the one just mentioned, and the clerk made the spell-
ings uniform — and then apologized. Moreover, the records of Boston, Mass.,
show that George and Elizabeth Oris were living there and raising chil-
dren in 1646 and mention is made of the family as late as 1699. The fact
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that the names are so nearly alike has caused much discussion, but there
seems no doubt that there were two families : George and Elizabeth Orvis,
living in Farmington, Conn., and George and Elizabeth Oris, living in Bos-
ton, at the same time.
"This Court, having heard what had been alleged by Sergeant Hart
against the Widow Orvis, her sale of her house and land at Farmington,
to Samuel Gridley, doe declare that they can see not cause to alter the set-
tlement made by the County Court of the lands of the Widow Orvis."
The above quotation would indicate that Elizabeth sold out.
In a list of original settlers and owners of Farmington, George's name
appears with a letter "S" after it. This indicates that George was one
of the original settlers of the town, and he probably came from Hartford,
as did most of them. He was one of the original 84 proprietors and the
records show that his widow came in for the new allotment or distribution
of lands held by the original settlers. Farmington was first settled prior
to 1639, and if George was one of the original owners and settlers he must
have been there then, which was about the time Rhode Island was settled
by Roger Williams (1636), and in the same year that Cromwell's Long
Parliament was assembled in England (1640), the town was officially
launched, but it was some time after before a charter was granted. George
probably knew about the Colonies of Connecticut, New Haven, New Ply-
mouth and Massachusetts (including New Hampshire) when they formed
the New England Confederation in 1642. The first settlement in America
was at Jamestown, Va., May 13, 1607, only about 32 years before we know
of George. In 1609, the Hudson River was first explored and the May-
flower landed her Pilgrims in 1620. Manhattan Island was settled in 1623;
Maryland in 1634. George certainly lived in a time of great happenings.
We can only speculate as to how long it was after Charles I. of England
was beheaded (Jan. 20, 1649), before George heard of it.
In 1645, Farmington received its charter as an individual common-
wealth. Its first name was Tunxis, so called by the Indians. It was prior
to 1639 that steps were first taken looking towards a charter.
Richard Bronson and John, his brother (the latter an original pro-
prietor of Hartford), removed to Farmington in 1653. Richard joined the
Church there in 1654 and died there in 1687. By his first wife he had at
least two children, John and Abagail, and Savage mentions several others
in his Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 1, page 280. His second wife was Eliz-
abeth, widow of George Orvis and David Carpenter. She died in April
between the 14th and 24th, 1694.
Extract from Probate Records:
George Orvice (Orvis), Farmington. Died April 27, 1664. Inventory
taken by John Root and Stephen Hart, £92-00-00. "The debts and legacies
of ye children of her first husband being discharged, the rest of the estate
to belong to ye widow to bring up ye younger children."
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From old records: —
"Jenewary 1664, there was given to John Lang-ton and George Orvis twenty acors
apiece at Poland, after John Wadsworth have taken out his forty acors; if it be not
there to be had to look out other where they may find it, and so to repayer the town
for the grant of it." — History of Hartford County.
BRUNSON, ELIZABETH, Farmington. Invt. 69-14-08. Taken 26 April, 1694, by
Thomas Porter & Samuel Hooker. Will dated 6 April, 1694.
The last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Brunson: I give to my son, Samuel Orvis,
my Lott in Paquabuck Meadow, which Lott lyeth between Capt. John Stanly's Land &
Samuel Gridley's, and a Chest & a Anchor or small Cask. I give to my son, Roger
Orvis, one acre of Land in my Lott in Pequabuck Meadow, and one Cow. I give unto
my daughter, Mary, the wife of Samuel Scott, a brass Morter and Pestal, and 2 Hatts,
and a small Chaire, & a young Steer. I give to my son, David Carpenter, a great
Bible, and to his daughter, Mary, I give a silver Bodkin, and to his daughter, Eliza-
beth, I give my white worked Sampler. I give to my daughter, Mary Hinman, a desk,
and a sermon Booke I give to her son, Joseph Heacox. I give to my daughter, Eliza-
beth Hill, my Bed & Boulster & Pillow which came from England, with Sheets & one
Pillow Beere & a black Apron. I give to my gr. Child, Mary, the wife of Thomas
Barnes, a silk Scarfe in her possession already, with my old Clothes and Hose & Shoes
and an Iron Pott & a Trunke. I give to my gr. Child, Experience Chapell, a heifer,
a box, a skillett, pinte Pott and a Basin & Porringer. I give to my gr. Child, Samuel
Orvis, my rope Hooks, and to my gr. Child, Martha Scott, a brass Candlestick and
painted Box. I give to Hannah Hough, my gr. Child, a brass Box with pott hooks,
when she comes of age. I give to my daughter, Elizabeth Hill and Mary, the wife of
Samuel Scott, and Mary Barnes and Experience Chapell, all my Lining. I make Thomas
Barnes my sole Executor, & Sergt. Thomas Porter & Sergt. John Hart to be Overseers.
ELIZABETH X. BRUNSON.
Witness: Thomas Porter,
John Wadsworth.
A Codicil dated 14 April, 1694.
The following joint receipt and acknowledgment also appears:
Know all Men by these presents: That we, the Underwritten, the Children and
Legatees of the Widow Elizabeth Brunson, of Farmington, late Deed., have received
of Thomas Barnes, Executor, whatsoever was willed to us by the aforesd. Elizabeth, and
doe hereby bind ourselves and heirs to rest satisfied with what we have received, and
do hereby discharge the sd. Thomas and his heirs forever.
Signed :
SAMUEL X. ORVIS,
ROGER X. ORVIS,
ELIZABETH X. HILL,
MARIE X. SCOTT,
EXPERIENCE X. CHAPPELL.
Witness: Roger Orvis,
Moses Ventruss,
Nathaniel Wadsworth.
Court Record, Pages 71-6, September, 1694; Will proven. Invt. exhibited and ap-
proved by the Court.
In January, 1639, "A committee from the three towns of Hartford, Wethersfield
and Windsor was appointed to view these parts of Tunxis Sepos (The Indian name for
the parts which now are Farmington and its nearby environs). In 1640, the conditions
for planting Tunxis are concluded and settlement began. A few families from Hart-
ford led the way, constructing their dwellings on the uplands and selecting or pur-
chasing large portions of the meadows. In 1645, Tunxis received its present name
of Farmington and became a taxable town "with the like liberties as the other towns
upon the river for making order among themselves." Its first tax in 1645 was 10
pounds (English money). Dwelling lots were five acres each. In the year 1655, fifteen
years from the date of the original settlement, the number of ratable persons in the
town was 46, and the grand list of their estates was 5519 pounds Sterling. In 1672,
thirty-two years after the date of the original settlement, the proprietors of the town,
then 84 in number, took possession of the lands within the town limits (which had been
commons) and ordered it divided among them according to their holdings as shown
by the tax list. George Orvis was one of the "original proprietors," and his widow
came in for his share of the divided lands. — From the Historical Address of Noah
Porter, Jr., November 4, 1840, at Farmington, Conn.
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15
FIRST GENERATION
Male Line: George"
Children of George Orvis and Elizabeth ( ? ) (Carpenter)
SAMUEL'— Born May, 1653, at Farming-ton, Conn. Married Deborah
( ? )•
Deborah joined Church May 7, 1682. He was still living April, 1709.
Julius Gay, in his "Farming-ton 200 Years Ago," tells us that Samuel was a shoe-
maker and had his place on the East side of Main Street, a little North of the resi-
dence of Gustave Cowles.
Some contend that Samuel married (1) Abagail, born 1643, daughter of Richard
Bronson by his first wife (that is his step-sister), and (2) Deborah ( ? ), but I
am inclined to doubt this because of the conflicting testimonies of the various authori-
ties, most of whom copied from Hinman, and I believe they are all mixed on the Bron-
son family. Stiles and the New England Gen. Register and Savage all say that Jona-
than Winchell married Abigail Brunson, who was perhaps daughter of Richard Bronson
and each records the fact that this couple had son, Jonathan. It is possible that there
was more than one Abigail Brunson and also that there was more than one Samuel
Orvis, but I have no evidence of this.
HANNAH' — Born April, 1655, at Farming-ton.
Not named in her mother's will, April 6, 1694.
ROGER' — Born June, 1657, at Farmington, Conn. Died Janu-
ary, 14, 1737. Married December 15, 1692, Miriam
(Handerson), who was born in 1671, and died December
26, 1747, at Farmington, Conn.; daughter of John and
Martha Handerson, of Hartford, Conn.
Miriam joined the Church January 20, 1711, and Roger in 1712. Roger
had his house at "ye southerly end of ye town plat." There are two
records, Church and Town. One gives Miriam's death as January 27, 1748.
He was presented with a can in 1676 by direction of King James II.
of England, in recognition of his services in the Indian wars (See cut.)
EBENEZER'— Born March 18, 1659, at Farmington.
Probably died young.
MARGARET'— Born June, 1661, at Farmington.
Not named in her mother's will, April 6, 1694. Probably died young.
MARY' — Bom June, 1663, at Farmington. Died November 28, 1748, in
Farmington. Married February, 1687, at Farmington, Samuel
Scott, who was born in 1660 and died June 30, 1745.
George and Elizabeth named their younger daughter "Mary," but we find her sign-
ing as "Marie." Probably because of her affluence after becoming an heiress under
the terms of her mother's will. See will.
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FIRST GENERATION— NOTES
From Church Records: —
"Sam. Orvice owned ye Covenant, joined the Church and his children are baptized."
Roger, son of George, lived in Farmington and was a soldier in King Philip's War
under Capt. Newbery; was wounded at Hatfield, May, 1676. "Roger Alvis is wounded
in ye foott." (Alvis is meant for Orvis.) Public Records of Colony of Connecticut —
1665-1678, page 450 — Trumbull, Document 84-A and on page 485 we find "Roger Orvis
is now freed for pay and is to return to his place to attend to his own occasions, under
the gouerment of his mother."
Volunteers who drew Cedar Swamps lots in Narragansett township which were
granted to the volunteers of the Narragansett War, site of lots being now Voluntown,
Conn. — Roger Orvis.
Enrollment of English volunteers in the late Narragansett War (on file in the
Clerk's Office, Voluntown, Conn.) name No. 166 is that of Roger Orvis.
It is claimed that this Roger is the one to whom King James of England pre-
sented the cane for bravery in the Indian wars. It is now held by Eleazer, of Pil-
kington, Va., who removed from Oakville, Wis.
Extract from will of John Person, of Farmington, May 9, 1725: "And to Roger
Orvis and John Andrews, I give and bequeath to each of them what they are now
indebted to me."
Will of Martha (Handerson), of Hartford, Conn., dated Sept. 22, 1699, says in
part:
"In case my son, James, shall not live to attain the age of 21 years, then I give
my said house and home lot to my three daughters, namely, Miriam Orvice, Mary
Wright and Sarah Handerson, to be divided equally, but if Mary does not come and
settle in this colony then the other two daughters are to receive all." (Miriam was
Roger's wife.)
Will of Roger Orvis, dated December 18, 1736, inventory taken by Isaac Cowles
and Samuel Nash 179-12-07.
"I, Roger Orvis, of Farmington, do make this my last will and testament. I give
to my wife, Miriam, my estate all, both real and personal, to be at her own dispose,
to give to my own children. I appoint my wife, Miriam Orvice, sole executrix.
ROGER ORVICE. (L.S.)
Witness: Isaac Cowles.
William Hooker.
Ebenezer Lancton.
SOME OF THE MANY "LEGENDS" CONCERNING THE CELEBRATED
ORVIS CANE
E. E. Orvis, in his pamphlet, says of Roger, son of George: "He distinguished him-
self for bravery and skill in the various Indian wars in the early settlement of New
England. For these services he was presented with a sword and cane by direction
of the King of England. The latter is still in existence and in the possession of Silas
Orvis, Whitby, Ont., Can. The cane was of bamboo, mounted with an ivory head and
a heavy silver chain, which was fastened to the cane by a silver eye, but the orna-
ments have disappeared many years since."
In a letter to the writer (F. W. Orvis), James C. Orvis, then of Maywood, 111.,
says: "The cane is now in Milwaukee, I think in the possession of Ebenezer Orvis,
brother of George Orvis, who used to live in Chicago. The cane is a reed, petrified.
There was once a manuscript with it but is now lost. There were two Orvis brothers
came to America from England about 1600. This cane was presented to them by
the Black Prince (see English history), for bravery in guarding his castle. An Eng-
lish lady was here last year (1896) and said she had been in the castle and had seen
the armor they claimed was once worn by the Prince. The Orvises first came from
Wales and all started from these brothers. They settled first in Massachusetts, Ver-
mont and Connecticut."
(As the Black Prince died in 1376 it could not have been he that presented the
cane, unless it was presented to the ancestors of those that came to this country in
1600.— F. W. O.)
H. D. Orvis, Churches Ferry, N. D., says in a letter dated Mar. 4, 1897: "Eleazer,
second son of Lorenzo Orvis, settled in Oakfield, Wis., near my father, Isaac Orvis,
about 1847. He died leaving a son, Eleazer, who inherited and has in his possession
the celebrated reed cane. Silas, brother of the elder Eleazer and son of Lorenzo, never
would receive the came, it being as a reward for valor in war and all of the family
were birthright Quakers."
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SECOND GENERATION
Children of Samuel (1) Orvis and Deborah ( ? )
Male Line: George" — Samuel1
DEBORAH— Born April 17, 1681. Baptized May 14, 1681. Died prior to
1726. Married April 8, 1699, at Farmington, Conn., Ebenezer
Barnes, who died in 1756, son of Thomas Barnes and brother of
Deacon Thomas Barnes.
MARTHA2— Baptized May 6, 1683, at Farmington. Married Dec. 7, 1704
(1) Nathaniel Himn, of Wethersfield, at Farmington. Nathaniel
died Dec. 7, 1712, and she married, Dec. 9, 1714, (2) John Root,
Jr., of Farmington, who was born Sept. 9, 1690, and died in 1767;
son of John and Mary (Woodruff) Root.
They settled in Southington, that part of it that is now called Plainville.
SAMUEL2— Baptized October 25, 1685. Married September 5, 1707, Rachel
(Andrus), of Waterbury, who was bom July 11, 1686, daughter of
Abraham and Rebecca (Carrington) Andrus. He died prior to 1735
and Rachel married, December 28, 1738, (2) Thomas Richards,
widower, at Farmington, Conn., son of Thomas and Mary (Parsons)
Richards.
Samuel joined the Church June 10, 1707, at the same time that his cousin, David, did.
In Farmington, in 1716, Samuel Orvis was one of three appointed to keep order
in the meeting house on days of public worship, "Who shall sit conveniently to inspect
the youth."
John and Joan Carrington, grandparents of Rachel Andrus, were both tried for
witchcraft, found guilty and probably hanged in 1651 or 1652. The witchcraft urial
was at Hartford, Conn., March, 1651 or 1652, forty years before the Salem witchcraft
shambles. See "Wethersfield," Vol. 2, page 681.
Letters from Governor Belcher to Samuel Orvis, one dated May 10, 1733, another
June 26, 1732, the la'tsr asking Samuel to lay out the 30 acres of land granted Belcher
by the town of Farmington; the former about the sale of Samuel's land. See Belcher
Papers, Vol. VI, part 1, pages 477 and 501, Mass. His. Society.
MARGARET2— Baptized April 7, 1687. Married, May 14, 1706, at Weth-
ersfield, William Goodrich, Jr., who was born July 21, 1686. Died
March 31, 1743. Son of William and Grace (Riley) Goodrich.
See History of Sharon, 1877 edition, page 134.
Ensign William Goodrich married Sarah (Marvin); their son, Lieutenant William
Goodrich, married Grace (Riley); their son, William Goodrich, married Margaret1
(Orvis), daughter of Samuel' Orvis, sometimes called "Goodman" Orvis.
SARAff— Baptized October 12, 1690, at Farmington.
ANNA" — Baptized November 11, 1694. Married, August 25, 1710, at Farm-
ington, Joseph Coggswell, who was born in Saybrook, April 10, 1682,
son of Samuel and Susanna (Haven) Coggswell.
18 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SECOND GENERATION
Children of Roger Orvis and Miriam (Handerson)
Male Line: George" — Roger1
ELIZABETH1— Bom Oct., 1693, at Farmington. Joined Church March 11,
1711. Married, April 26, 1716, at Farmington, John Andrews, who
was bom May 8, 1685, son of Benjamin and Mary (Smith) Andrews.
EBENEZER1— Born Oct. 3, 1695. Died Feb. 13, 1696, at Farmington.
DAVID2— Bom March 2, 1697, at Farmington. Died May 20, 1760. Mar-
ried, Feb. 5, 1719, at Farmington, Hannah (Gaylord), of Windsor,
who was born Sept. 4, 1700, and was daughter of Eleazer and Mar-
tha (Thompson) Gaylord.
Some have said that David was married twice and that he had a son, David, by
his second wife. There are indications of another branch of the family, but I have
been unable to get anything definite on the subject other than I have here recorded.
BETHIA or BETHIAH1— Bom Jan. 13, 1698, at Farmington. Died Nov. 1,
1702.
ABIAH1— Bom November 2, 1702, at Farmington.
EBENEZER1— Born October 3, 1705, at Farmington. Died in June, 1771.
Married (1) January 23, 1732, Elizabeth (Root), who was born
April 8, 1706, daughter of Calib and Elizabeth (Salman) Root. She
died Jan. 27, 1746, and Ebenezer married (2), October 6, 1747, Elidia
(Lee) (Norton), who was born June 22, 1708, and died Sept. 2, 1786,
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Camp) Lee. Elidia had married
(1), February 2, 1737, Samuel Norton, who died August 31, 1745.
On January 29, 1776, a committee of inspection reported that Elidia had been
using India tea. Lieutenant Ebenezer said he had also done so for the purpose of
being able to brag about it. There was quite a hubbub about this affair for most
folks were intensely patriotic. Eventually, Lieutenant Ebenezer Orvis appeared be-
fore the committee and made suitable confession, which was deemed satisfactory.
MARY1— Born October 18, 1707, at Farmington.
Added to the Church "December 10, 1710 — Mary Orvice on Miriam Orvice's own-
ing ye covenant."
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 19
SECOND GENERATION
Children of Mary (Orvis) and Samuel Scott
Male Line: George" — Mary'
MARTHA SCOTT— Born Dec. 7, 1687, at Farming-ton.
EBENEZER SCOTT— Born August 19, 1694, at Farmington.
SAMUEL SCOTT, JR.;— Born October 7, 1696, at Farmington.
MARY SCOTT— Born March 1, 1700, at Farmington.
HEZIKIAH SCOTT— Born Sept., 1703, at Farmington.
SECOND GENERATION— NOTES
Samuel" Orvis, the only son of Samuel1, both of Farmington, Conn., was offered
30 acres of land January 30, 1718, if he came with his family to Northfield, Mass.,
and stayed four years there. "In 1720, he sold land to Rev. Benjamin Doolittle and
his house lot to Stephen Belding." "March 2, 1719, the inhabitants of the town of
Northfield, at a legally assembled meeting, have chosen as their officers * * * among
the names being that of Sam. Orvis, appointed Haward for Pochang."
Haward was a keeper or watcher of the cows and drove them to and from the
nublic pastures. Pochang was the next to the largest pasture land in Northfield, Mass.
The records of marriages show that "Margaret, daughter of 'Goodman' Orvis,
married William Goodrich, May 14, 1706." The writer assumes that this "Goodman"
Orvis is none other than Samuel1, who was held in very high esteem by his contempor-
aries. He had a daughter, Margaret, who was the right age and we know of no
other Margaret Orvis who was of the right age. Samuel had "owned ye covenant
and joined ye church and his children are baptized." He was a "good man."
Henry R. Styles, in the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Conn., writes "Goodman"
in quotation marks, showing that he also considered it a nickname.
William Goodrich, Jr., who married Margaret, daughter of "Goodman" Orvis, was
a lieutenant in the Army. He was a settler of Litchfield and lived there 10 years and
removed to Sheffield, Mass., and later to Sharon, Conn.
"Samuel Orvis sold 300 acres of land to Daniel Jackson, and also a part interest
in another tract of 100 acres, both near the New York line." This was prior to 1734.
See Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1726-1735, Vol. 4, Page 501. (Probably Samuel").
Samuel" was in Northfield Foot Co., in King Philip's War; in Captain John Burk's
company in same war, March 2, 1757; also Selah Barnard's company, March 13, 1757.
William, son of SamueP, owned 100 acres of land and town lot No. 16 in North-
field, Mass., April 9, 1753.
Ebenezer Orvis was one of the three who made inventory of Ebenezer Moody's
estate on July 19, 1748.
Julius Gay, historian of Farmington, says: "Samuel Orvis settled in Dummerston,
Vt." That must have been after he left Northfield, Mass. He was one of the "Early
Settlers."
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THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
FOURTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
A mill was built by John Bronson on what was long known as Mill Brook, until
our more sentimental age named the locality Diamond Glen. It was sold to Deacon
Stephen Hart before 1650, and there is reason to believe he erected a grist mill in ad-
dition to the well-known sawmill before 1673, for on the 16th of February, 1673, he
paid Deacon Bull for sharpening his mill bills. Of course, they may have been for
use at his mill on the river, which was built some time before 1701.
Deacon Thomas Bull sold Daniel Andrews on the 12th day of January, 1674, four
acres of land for three pairs of shoes, two for himself and one for his son John Bull.
You can compute the price of shoes at your leisure.
Currency, whether gold, silver or paper, was practically unknown. When a man
died and his estate was inventoried, a few shillings were sometimes found hoarded up.
Business was done by barter, wheat at four shillings the bushel being the basis. It
corresponded to our gold standard. Lower prices were charged with the proviso that
payment should be in wheat. Indian corn was two and one-half shillings per bushel,
pork three pence the pound, beef two and one-half, bacon eight, venison one and one-
half, cheese five, sugar (probably maple) five, flax twelve, wool eighteen, and candles
nine. A whole salmon sold for one shilling. Instead of tallow candles a cheaper sub-
stitute was largely used. In 1696 the town voted that no inhabitant should be prohibited
from felling pine trees in our sequestered lands for candle wood. The same right was
again granted in 1703. The Rev. Francis Higginson, in his "New England's Planta-
tion," written in the year 1629, writes: "Yea our pine-trees that are the most plentiful
of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles which are very useful in a house: and they
are such candles as the Indians use, having no other, and they are nothing else but the
wood of the pine tree cloven into little slices, something thin, which are so full of the
moisture of turpentine and pitch, that they burn as clear as a torch."
From a stray leaf of the town accounts we learn that in 1718 Ebenexer Barnes
and Samuel Scott were each paid six shillings and eight pence for killing wolves.
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 21
THIRD GENERATION
Children of Samuel (2) Orvis and Rachel (Andrus)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2
EUNICE1— Born October 24, 1708.
WILLIAM3 — Born May 15, 1710, at Simsbury, Conn. (Some say Shrews-
bury, 1700). Died June 14, 1774, and was buried in West Brattle-
boro, Vermont. Married (1) Anna ( ? ), who died August
19, 1746; (2) in 1750, Martha (Severence) (Burt), widow of Ashel
Burt. She died September 30, 1754. (3) in 1755, Elizabeth (Sev-
erence) , daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Burnham) Severence. She
was born in 1717 and died October 31, 1806. Buried in West Brat-
tleboro, Vermont.
He was in Winchester in 1743 and in Northfield in 1749.
See Burt Family Genealogies; there are at least two of them and together they
give us the name of William's second wife.
Ashel Burt was killed by the Indians on April 15, 1747, while he and another man
were driving the cows to or from pasture. Ashel was not scalped, but his companion
was. The History of Northfield states that Ashel was also scalped. He and his com-
panion were the hawards of Pochang. Pochang was the next to the largest common
grazing ground of Northfield, Mass., and was later divided up among the inhabitants,
principally to newcomers.
CHARLES3— Bom October 11, 1711. Died October 15, 1743. Married,
October 2, 1734, Elizabeth (Gridley), who was born September 29,
1715, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bronson) Gridley. Eliza-
beth married (2) before 1753, ( ? ) Steadman. She was liv-
ing in 1761.
SAMUEL, JR.3— Born August 26, 1713.
Made will in 1740, which gave his estate to his brothers, Charles, Gershom, William
::nd his sister, Deborah.
DEBORAH3— Born June 10, 1715. Married July 12, 1741, Jonathan Barnes,
who was born May 19, 1716, and was son of Jacob and Grace (Bron-
son) Barnes. He died September 16, 1751. Deborah was living in
1754.
MERCY3— Born April 24, 1717.
GERSHOM3— Born August 28, 1719. Died August 28, 1780. Married
November 11, 1772, Jemima (Miller) Judd, widow of Jonah Judd,
to whom she was married November 18, 1748. She was a daughter
of Abraham and Sarah (Danks) Miller and died at Chesterfield,
Mass., September 11, 1807. Her first husband, Jonah, was born
September 30, 1714, and died June 2, 1761, son of Joseph and Sarah
(Winchell) Judd.
DINAH3— Bom May 13, 1721. Died February 18, 1761. Married Novem-
ber 15, 1743, Jonathan Wilcox, of Middletown, Conn., who was born
January 4, 1723 or 1724, son of Thomas and Anna (North) Wilcox.
Jonathan married (2) Rachel (Leron) in 1762.
22 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Children of Samuel (2) Orvis and Rachel (Andrus) continued
S1LI0ME' (SILENCE)— Born June 17, 1723. Died at Plainville., Conn.,
March 17, 1804. Married John Root, widower, who was born Octo-
ber 11, 1718, and died December 21, 1778, son of John and Martha
(Orvis) Root.
AZUBAH — Born November 22, 1725. Died in 1803. Married June 20,
1744, Ebenezer Gridley, who was born December 16, 1712, and died
in 1779, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bronson) Gridley.
OLIVER'— Born ( ? )
Was a farmer in Farming-ton March 30, 1814. An Oliver was admitted freeman
September 17, 1802.
Children of David Orvis and Hannah (Gaylord)
ELEAZER3— Born November 11, 1719. Died February, 1805, at Norfolk,
Conn. Married June 30, 1743, Hannah (North), who was born May
14, 1727, and was daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Holcomb)
North. She died March 11, 1816.
When a boy he went to live with Dr. Porter and remained until about 17 years
of age, when he was apprenticed to a carpenter. He was a man of more than ordinary
intelligence and was noted for his wit and quickness of repartee. Was a pious and
consistent member of the Church at Norfolk, Ct.
HANNAH5— Born December 30, 1721. Died April 4, 1776. Married (1)
October 6, 1743, Timothy Stevens, of Glastonbury, who was born
July 9, 1705, and was son of Rev. Timothy and Alice (Cook) Stevens.
He died February 3, 1746. Hannah married (2), October 9, 1750,
Joseph Smith, who was born July 31, 1695, son of Samuel and Jane
(Tudor) Smith. He died October 10, 1782.
DAVID' — Born February 1, 1734 or 1735, and died December 16, 1745.
Children of Martha Orvis and John Root (By Second Marriage)
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Martha=
HEZEKIAH ROOT'— Bom November 16, 1715.
JOHN ROOT3— Born October 11, 1718. Died December 21, 1778. Married
Silence" (Orvis), daughter of Samuel" (Orvis) and Rachel (Andrus).
MARTHA ROOT'— Born May 4, 1721.
JOSIAH ROOT3— Born August 25, 1724. Died October 1, 1752.
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
THIRD GENERATION
Children of Margaret (Orvis) and William Goodrich
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Margaret1'
DEBORAH GOODRICH3— Born January 8, 1707.
SAMUEL GOODRICH— Born June 29, 1708. Baptized July 4, 1708.
MARGARET GOODRICH3— Born January 1, 1710. Lived only ten days.
WILLIAM GOODRICH, 4th3— Born May 5, 1711. Died September 1, 1777.
Baptized May 6, 1711. Married Mirriam ( ? ).
ETHAN GOODRICH'— Born July 9, 1713. Lived only two days.
JARED GOODRICH3— Born July 12, 1714. Baptized July 12, 1714. Mar-
ried Esther ( ? )
MARGARET GOODRICH3— Born May 28, 1716. Baptized June 5, 1716.
Lived only eight days.
ELNATHAN GOODRICH3— Born December 6, 1718. Baptized December
8, 1718. Married, 1740, Elizabeth (Showers).
DAVID GOODRICH3— Married Martha, daughter of Ebenezer and Abagail
Mudge.
ANNA GOODRICH1— Born March 20, 1722.
ELISHA GOODRICH3— Born January 5, 1724 or 1725.
SOLOMON GOODRICH3— Born March 7, 1726 or 1727.
LUCY GOODRICH3— Born July 18, 1729.
Children of Anna Orvis and Joseph Coggswell
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Anna-
JOSEPH COGGSWELL3— Born May 24, 1711. Died May 2, 1783. Married
Joanna (Andrews), May 3, 1732.
SAMUEL COGGSWELL'— Born May 23, 1713. Married, November 28,
1734, Mary (Lang-don).
NATHAN COGGSWELL3— Born May 20, 1716. Married November .24,
1737, Susan (Warner).
SUSANNA COGGSWELL3— Born August 18, 1718. Married January 1,
1741, Jedidiah Smith.
MARTHA COGGSWELL3— Bom August 24, 1721.
DAVID COGGSWELL3— Born March 26, 1725. Died February 15, 1806.
Married (1) August 10, 1749, Mary (Woodruff), and (2) Mrs. Na-
omi (Frost) (Browne).
MARY COGGSWELL3— Bom May 21, 1728. Married ( ? ), Octo-
ber, 1731.
DEBORAH COGGSWELL3— Bom August 23, 1731.
24 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
THIRD GENERATION
Children of Martha Orvis and Nathaniel Hunn
JIale Line: George" — Samuel1 — Martha2
HANNAH HUNN3— Born October 4, 1705.
NATHANIEL HUNN'— Bora September 10, 1708.
Children of Ebenezer Orvis and Elizabeth (Root)
Male Line: George" — Roger1— Ebenezer2
ELIZABETH— Born January 18, 1833. Died August 3, 1789. Married (1)
September 29, 1747, Timothy Parks. Married (2) Jacob Byngton,
who was born in 1740 and died November 25, 1793.
ZADOCK1— Born July 26, 1737-8, in Farmington. Died February 27,
1811. Mairied in Farmington, January 3, 1763, Keziah (Judd), who
was bom September 3, 1741, and died March 27, 1826, daughter of
James and Eunice (Thompson) Judd. James Judd was born August
27, 1713, a descendant of Deacon Thomas Judd, one of the original
settlers of Farmington.
Zadock was a Revolutionary soldier in Col. Fisher Gay's regiment and Capt. Isaac
Bidwell's company, the first company in the Fifteenth regiment, General Wadsworth's
brigade.
The original list of the officers and men of this regiment was preserved and was
in the possession of Julius Gay, of Farmington, Conn. He was a descendant of Col.
Fisher Gay. I have been unable to find this list published anywhere except in the
"Hawley Record." It is found there under "Amos Hawley" on page 474.
James Judd was guardian of his brother Mathew's children. He was also select-
man of Farmington, Conn., in Revolutionary times.
LOIS3— Born August 5, 1740. Died August 20, 1766. Married December
4, 1759, Leet or Seth Kellogg, who was born February 8, 1739-40, son
of John and Ann (Coley) Kellogg.
KEZTAH3— Born August 4, 1743. Died September 21, 1795, at Homer,
N. Y. Married August 12, 1762, Thomas Gould Alvord, who was
born March 1, 1742, at Middletown, Conn., and came, May 18, 1810,
to Homer, N. Y. Alvord married (2) before 1799, Hannah (Hart),
widow of Jacob Bvngton, he having died November 25, 1793. Han-
nah died at Homer, N. Y., September 20, 1833.
Children of Ebenezer Orvis and Elidia (Lee) (Norton) (By Second Marriage)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — Ebenezer-
ELIDIA3— Born September 6, 1748. Married (1) June 21, 1770, Benjamin
Hawley, who was bom June 26, 1745, son of Ebenezer and Mary
(Hart) Hawley. He died January 13, 1771. Elidia married (2)
January 23, 1775, David Smith.
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 25
THIRD GENERATION— NOTES
Abstracts of records made from old Town Records and Histories:
From List of Soldiers of the French and Indian Wars (in book form) :
The Roll of Lieutenant Catlin's Men December 10, 1747, to June 10, 1748, includes
the name of William Orvis, of Winchester.
Muster Roll, Captain Catlin's Men, Second Company, in service at the Westward,
October 13 to December 11 — William Orvis.
William Orvis was born in Simsbury; was in Winchester in 1743 and Northfield
in 1749.
Winchester was settled in 1634.
The year Elizabeth Severence (William's third wife) was born, snow fell to the
depth of from 10 to 20 feet in New England, February 20 to 24, 1717. She died in
1806, one year before Fulton's first steam boat voyage and the birth of General Robert
E. Lee, in 1807.
In 1747, we find William Orvis, of Winchester, in Captain Phineas Stewart's com-
pany. We find him in Captain John Catlin's company on October 13, 1757.
"Lot No. 16. William Orvis, 100 acres. Fourth Division. Undivided Lands of
Northfield, Mass."
Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1751-1757, Vol. X, page 473:
"Fifth Company: Benj. Allen, Captain; Henry Chapin, 1st Lieutenant; Ebenezer
Orvis, 2d Lieutenant. His pay was 3 pounds 12 shillings per month."
The Colonial Records show that:
Elizabeth Orvis, widow of Charles Orvis, asks permission of the Court to sell enough
of his estate to pay off old debts to the amount of 11 pounds, eight shillings and four
pence. The request was granted. This was in 1744. A similar request was made
and granted in 1746 for the amount of 9 pounds, 4 shillings and 3 pence.
December 6, 1743, the Court granted administration on the estate of Charles Orvis,
of Farmington, inventory 261 pounds, no shillings and 14 pence, to his wife, Elizabeth
and Ebenezer Gridley, who gave bonds of 300 pounds to Thomas Gridley. Certain
amounts of this property were sold to pay debts May 14, 1744, and also on June 5,
1744, and May 6, 1746.
From Probate Records:
ORVIS-AZUBA — Farmington Court Records, pages 31 to 35, Aug., 1735. Rachael
Orvice to be guardian to Azuba and Oliver Orvice, children of Samuel and Rachaei
Orvice. Recog. £100.
26 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
THIRD GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
Samuel8 Orvis's will, dated August 6, 1740, distributes his real and personal prop-
erty among his brothers and sisters:
William Orvis, of Winchester.
Charles Orvis, of Farming-ton.
Gershom Orvis, of Farmington.
Deborah Orvis, of Farmington.
"I give unto my said brother, Gershom, my saddle, bridle, axe and hoe and to
Charles and Gershom my wearing apparel."
His signature is spelled "ORVISS."
Will of Martha Burnham, of Wethersfield, dated August 7, 1733, gives "Five-sixths
of all my estate, share and share alike to my children now living." Hannah Orvis is
mentioned as one of the children.
This is, without doubt, Hannah (Gaylord), whose mother married (2) Burnham.
In the pamphlet published by Edward E. Orvis (my father) and the data con-
tained in it incorporated in my "Outlines" it is plain to be seen that he had the families
of David and Ebenezer (both sons of Roger) badly mixed. He was in error, also,
when he said Zadock had no sons, as will be seen by referring to the fourth generation.
I have been unable so far to find any record of a second marriage of David Orvis.
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 27
FOURTH GENERATION
Children of Zadoek Orvis and Keziah (Judd)
Male Line: George0 — Roger' — Ebenezer? — ZadocU'
BELINDA'— Born August 8, 1764. Married April 14, 1785, Charles Bar-
tholomew, who was born June, 1760, son of Abraham, Jr., and Eun-
ice (Orvis) Bartholomew.
Eunice was a daughter of Charles Orvis.
LOIS4 — Born ( ? ). Living in 1811. Married Samuel Rowe, son
of Daniel, who was baptized August 7, 1763 (Bristol Episcopal
Church), and died December 30, 1825.
OLIVER'— Was living in 1811.
EUNICE4— Baptized July 23, 1769. Was living in 1811. Married Elijah
Marsh.
A DAUGHTER4— Who died in 1771.
SALLY4— Bom 1781. Died January 14, 1868. Married Abijah Bacon, of
Middletown, Conn., December 24, 1805.
They removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, some time before 1820.
WILLIAM4— Baptized January 7, 1776. Died March 30, 1857 or 1858.
Married (1) January, 1802, Sarah (Benton), who was born April
24, 1773, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Hosford) Benton. She
died March 22, 1813. He married (2) November, 1813, Clarissa
Young, of Bethlehem, who was born 1783, and died June 2, 1846.
MANNA4— Baptized June 28, 1778. Died March, 1838. Married May,
1814, at Harwinter, Charlotte (Smith), who was born in 1781, and
died September 8, 1857. Charlotte married (2) July 1, 1839, Seth
Hart, who was born April 19, 1765, and died February 21, 1852.
Manna's wife was probably a widow when he married her, for the records show
that Manna was guardian to Charlotte Roberts in 1824. One item in his report was
for boarding and schooling Charlotte for 13 months at 75 cents per month. Another
item by one "Smith" (probably the parent of Manna's wife), was for boarding and
schooling for three years of Charlotte Roberts, $20.00.
NANCY4— Born August 13, 1783, and baptized December 6, 1795. Died
November 3, 1826. Married John Thomson, Jr., who was bom April
6, 1778, and died November 28, 1843, son of John and Mary (Mer-
ritt) Thomson.
TAMAR4 — Married Luke Thomson, who was bom in 1754 and died April
14, 1813.
Zadoek, in his will, dated March 12, 1811, does not mention "Tamar," but his wife,
in her will, does, and gives "to my daughter, Tamar, the wife of Luke Thomson, the
sum of eighty dollars." She also speaks of hsr son, Ebenezer Combs, and leaves him
twenty dollars. Who was he? She probably married again after Zadock's death.
28 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
FOURTH GENERATION
Children of Eleazer Orvis and Hannah (North)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David1 — Eleazer3
RUBEN'— Born March 20, 1744, at Norfolk, Conn. Died April, 1814, at
Hartford, Conn. Married (1) Ruth (Picket), October 7, 1772, and
(2) Thankful (Bowles) in 1805.
He was baptized in Norfolk and was married to his first wife there, but removed
to Hartford, Conn., where he married his second wife.
ROGER'— Bom January 24, 1745. Married February 27, 1766 (1) Ruth
(Howe) in Goshen, Conn., and (2) in July, 1788, Marianna Roxanna
(Seward) in Norfolk, Conn., who was born October 29, 1769, daugh-
ter of Lieutenant Joseph and Elizabeth (Seward). She was bap-
tized October 29, 1769, and died in 1856.
There was a Squire Orvis living in Dumdorff, Susquehanna County, Pa., who was
probably the same person.
For further particulars, see Notes, Fourth Generation.
DAVID4— Born January, 1747. Died in 1843. Married February 6, 1777
Lydia (Hawley), who was born September 15, 1739, and was daugh-
ter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gridley) Hawley.
He was a Revolutionary soldier from Connecticut.
In the first census of the United States, there are given two Davids: one from
Connecticut and one from Vermont. From the fact that the David from Connecticut mar-
ried Lydia (Hawley) and had a son, Uriel Hawley Orvis, and from the additional fact
that this David did remove to Vermont and his descendants all claim Vermont as their
home, we assume that the census man "got" David twice and that they are one and
the same person. There are those who believe that there was more than one David,
but I have found no evidence that this was a fact. It has also been contended that
David was twice married. If so, I have been unable to demonstrate that contention.
ELEAZER, JR.4— Born March 19, 1749. Died in November, 1778. Made
a member of the Church at Norfolk, Conn., November 15, 1767. Mar-
ried July 8, 1770, Phebe (Knapp). Phebe married (2) Nathan
Blackman, who died December 18, 1786.
Eleazer was a Revolutionary soldier and died from disease which was the result
of exposure.
Nathan Blackman was one of the newcomers of Winchester in the year 1777. He
was from Stratford, England, and was a remarkably tall and athletic man. He lived
in a house that stood on the cross-road, in the rear of the house of Mrs. Sophronia
Leonard. Had daughters: Abagail, born January 17, 1784; Elizabeth, born September,
1785.
HANNAH4— Bom April 15, 1751. Died April 9, 1813. Married Nathan
Fellows.
Lived in Sullivan, Tioga Co., Pa.
PHEBE4— Bom March 21, 1753. Married Russel Rose.
Russel Rose married (2) Lydia Orvis, sister of his first wife.
SAMUEL4— Born March 6, 1755, in Norfolk, Conn. Died November 3, 1852,
at Pulteney, Steuben County, N. Y. Married September 10, 1783,
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 29
Children of Eleazer Orvis and Hannah (North) continued
Caroline (Seward), who was born August 26, 1766, and was daugh-
ter of Joseph and Elizabeth Seward.
Samuel and Roger married sisters.
A Samuel joined the Church in Norfolk, August 11, 1799.
He was a Revolutionary soldier from Connecticut and was in the Battle of
Tippecanoe.
MARGARET4— Born February 9, 1757. Died March 4, 1832. Married
June 3, 1781, at Norfolk, Conn., Elisha Hawley, born October 22,
at North Norfolk, Conn., and died August 1, 1831, son of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Gridley) Hawley.
Margaret and David Orvis, brother and sister, married Lydia and Elisha Hawley,
brother and sister.
JOSEPH'— Bom February 2, 1759. Died at North Norfolk in 1832. Mar-
ried (1) Susan (Turner), and (2) Mabel or Mehitabel (Butler).
RUTH4— Bom January 12, 1761. Died unmarried, April 16, 1846, at Sul-
livan, Pa. Joined Church at Norfolk, Conn., July 3, 1774.
LYDIA4— Born March 20, 1764. Died June 3, 1857. Married Russel Rose..
She was Russel's second wife and sister to his first wife. Descendants live in
Tioga County, Pa.
HULDAH4 — Bom January, 1766. Married Jonathan Webster, January 4,
1787, at Norfolk, Conn.
Did live at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa. Descendants live in Tioga County, Pa.
EUNICE4— Born October 13, 1769. Married William Turner. Baptized
Sept. 9, 1770.
JESSE4— Bom June 11, 1772, at Norfolk, Conn. Died May 28, 1858, at
Sullivan, Pa. Baptized Feb. 11, 1773. Married February 23, 1792,
Susannah (Holden).
All of the children of Eleazer Orvis were born at Norfolk, Conn.
Children of Charles Orvis and Elizabeth (Gridley)
Hale Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — Charles3
RUTH4— Born October 2, 1735. Married, October 24, 1753, James Heacock.
A wife of James died November 16. 1783.
ELLINOR4— Bom March 24, 1737-8. Died October 8, 1791, in Plainville,
Conn. Married January 26, 1758, John Hamlin, who was born No-
vember 16, 1736, in Suffield and died November 26, 1821.
EUNICE*— Bom February 26, 1739-40, at Farmington. Died May 13, 1825,
in New Britain. Married Abraham Bartholomew, of Bristol, who
was bom in Branford, January 28, 1732-33, son of Abraham and
Hannah (Page) Bartholomew. He died in 1776.
MERCY4— Born September 29, 1742, and died June 14, 1746.
30 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
FOURTH GENERATION
Children of William Orvis and Anna ( ? ), His First Wife
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3
MERCY or MARY4— Born November 12, 1735. Died September 20, 1754.
SAMUEL4— Born March 10, 1738, in Simsbury, Conn.
He lived at Hinsdale, N. H., and died at Simsbury, Conn.
Samuel was in the French and Indian War at the Fall of Oswego.
On the Muster Roll of Capt. Selah Barnard's company, Col. William Williams'
regiment, March 13 to December 13, 1758-1760, for the reduction of Canada appears
the name of Sam. Orvis.
WILLIAM, JR.4— Bom May 8, 1740, at Northfield, Mass. Died at Dum-
merston , Vt., January 11, 1801. Married about 1764, Mindwell
(Holton), who was bom about 1712.
Moved from Northfield, Mass., to Leyden, now called Bernardston, in 1785, and
from there to Dummerston, Vt., where he died. A slate stone marks his resting place
in Dummerston, near the Meeting House.
RACHAEL4— Bom March 15, 1742.
RACHAEL4— Bom December 20, 1743.
There were two Rachaels.
ANNA' — Bom March 4, 1746. Married ( ? ) Alexander.
One or more of her descendants lived in Newbury, Seneca County, Ohio, in 1857.
One was Justin Alexander.
Children of William Orvis and Martha (Severence) (Burt), Second Wife
Male 'Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3
CHARLES'— Born August 20, 1751, at Northfield, Mass.
OLIVER4— Born October 2, 1752, at Northfield, Mass. Married at Halifax,
Vt., Patty (Stebbins), who was baptized February 2, 1755, and was
daughter of Josiah and Mary (Howe) Stebbins, of Halifax, Vt.
He lived in Halifax, Vt., and is said to have lived in Mexico, N. Y., at one time.
GERSHOM4— Bom Mav 23, 1754, at Northfield, Mass. Died March 9, 1824,
at LeRay, Jefferson County, N. Y. Married July 17, 1776, at Brat-
tleboro, Vt., Asenath (Parmenter) , of Northfield, Mass., who was
bom in 1757 and died in 1840 at LeRay, Jefferson County, N. Y.
Buried in Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N. Y. He was in Brattleboro, Vermont,
in 1782,
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FOURTH GENERATION
Children of William Orvis and Elizabeth (Severence), Third Wife
Hale Line: George"— Samuel' — Samuel- — William*
WAITSTILL — Born December 2, 1755, in Northfield, Mass. Died October
11, 1823, in West Brattleboro, Vt. Married December 17, 1777, at
Brattleboro, Vt., Elizabeth (Church), who was born October 19, 1757,
and died September 14, 1832, at Dummerston, Vt., daughter of
Malachi and Elizabeth (Miller) Church.
Both are buried in West Brattleboro, Vt. He was in Hinsdale in 1775 and was
an Ensign in Revolutionary War. See note. He was known as "Esquire" Orvis, the
office being equivalent to our Justice of the Peace.
AMBROSE'— Born in Halifax, Windham County, Vt., July 7, 1758. Died
August 30, 1844, at Wixam, Mich. Married Rebecca ( ? ),
at Northfield, Mass., who died August 14, 1824.
Ambrose was buried at New Hudson (or Wixom), Oakland Co., Mich., near South
Lyon and about six miles south of Milford. He was a Revolutionary soldier — a musician,
and played a snare drum at both inaugurals of Washington in New York. (This drum
was owned by his grandson, Jas. C. Orvis, Maywood, Cook Co., 111., as late as Mar.
18, 1897). Ambrose (1) knew Gen. Putnam and Ethan Allen. He was a fine singer
and sang many times in Washington's camp when in winter quarters. His wife, Re-
becca, died Aug. 14, 1824.
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FOURTH GENERATION— NOTES
Waitstill Orvis, son of William Orvis and Elizabeth (Severence), lived in Hinsdale,
Vt., from 1777 to 1796. He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, enlisting from
Hinsdale, Vt., now Hinsdale, N. H. (Vermont was at that time claimed by the State
of New York and was called "New York," also the "New Hampshire Grants.") A
Muster Roll of Capt. Elisha Benedict's company, Col. Goose Von Schaick's regiment
of the New York line for January 31, 1776, shows Waighstill Orvis was feifer, en-
listed January 31, 1776. His brother, Gershom, enlisted same day as private. Com-
pany stationed at Chambly Fort, Second Regiment. Also in Vermont State papers
as given by New York State Archives, Vol. I, 1887, under the officers of the Cum-
berland County Militia, commissioned first January 4, 1776. He moved to Dummer-
ston, Vt. He married December 17, 1777, Elizabeth Church, of Brattleboro, Vt., at
that place, which was then included in the State of New York. She was born October
19, 1757, at Westfield, Mass., and died September 12, 1832, at Dummerston, Vt. He
died at Brattleboro October 11, 1823. Both were buried at West Brattleboro, Vt. Wait-
still lived in Brattleboro, but most of his children were born in Hinsdale, Vt. (now
New Hampshire), Simeon Victor and Levi Church being the only ones born in Brattle-
boro. He held the office that was then known as "Esquire of the Peace" and was
known as Squire Orvis. He is said to have been a man of more than ordinary ability.
He and his wife, Elizabeth (Church), and his mother, "Elizabeth, relict of William,"
are buried in the cemetery at West Brattleboro, Vt. Elizabeth (Church) is said to
have been a descendant of Capt. John Church, who killed King Philip, the Indian Chief
of the well-known King Philip's War. On the brown stone slab, marking the resting-
place of Waitstill, this verse is chiseled:
"Lord, what a feeble piece
Is this, our mortal frame.
Our life, how poor a trifle 'tis,
That scarce deserves a name."
He was a peace-maker and settled many personal quarrels for his neighbors, who
held him in high esteem.
"While General Winslow was delayed in his intended movement on Crown Point,
the French, under Montcalm, invaded the English fort at Oswego on the South side of
Lake Ontario, and took it, August 14, 1756. Anxiety about the victorious Montcalm
led the Massachusetts authorities to impress men out of the militia to go to Winslow's
support. Among the names of these men selected from the militia appears that of
Samuel Orvis. During the winter of 1756, Capt. John Burk raised a company of
Rangers, who were mustered in March 2, 1757, all told fifty-five men. Among them
was Samuel Orvis. Their headquarters were Hindsells Fort and Burks Garrison and
in the spring Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George. They guarded
frontiers and were on the march from April 15 to November 30, 1757."
The persistent reiteration of the statement that the father of William Orvis was
Gad, Jr., and his father, Gad, Sr., and his father, George, leads me to believe that
Gad was a nickname given to Samuel (1) and handed down to Samuel (2). The Farm-
mgton records, which I personally examined, give the descent as we now have it, viz:
George" — Samuel' — Samuel" — William', and so on. There is no mention of Gad. The
first and only instance found by me of that Christian name given to any of the earlier
members of our family is that of Gad, the son of David Orvis and Lydia (Hawley).
Gad married Sarah Kimball. See Kimball genealogy. (See Fifth Generation.)
Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., organized Apr. 10, 1789. Jefferson Co. taken from Oneida
Co. in 1805. The first settlements began here in 1802.
There were two Gershoms. One was born August 28, 1719, and married Jemima
(Miller) (Judd) November 11, 1772. He was the son of the second Samuel and his
p.-.ale line is: George" — Samuel' — Samuel" — Gershom'.
The other was son of William and brother to Waitstill. He married Asenath
(Parmenter) and was nephew to the first Gershom. His male line is: George" — Samuel1
SamueF — William3 — Gershom4.
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FOURTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
Roger Orvis was a Revolutionary soldier in Connecticut. He enlisted February
6, 1776, in Capt. Watson, Jr.'s Eighth Company, Col. Chas. Burrell's Battalion. He
settled in Norfolk, Conn. In 1817, he moved to Genesee Co., New York. According
to family tradition, Roger Orvis was a soldier and had his right hand shot off at the
wrist. It was said that he had two teeth when he was born, one on each jaw, where
the double teeth should be. They were rough, like a rasp; in the centre they were
sharp and he could bite a pin in two without hurting himself. It is also said that he
farmed forty acres of corn, harvested it and sold it for $400, doing all the work himself,
after he was SO years old. He was found dead in' bed at the age of 93. All children
were born in Litchfield, Conn.
His will, dated December 18, 1836, gives to his second wife his estate and directs
that she give it to his own children.
J. R. Orvis, son of Joseph Orvis and nephew of Roger, says Roger died July 6,
1847. In E. E. Orvis' pamphlet the date of Roger's death is given as 1829. This
would make him only 84 years of age at that time. Samuel Orvis, son of Roger, lived
at Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Roger's descendants are scattered through the
Eastern, Northern and Western States and in Canada.
He also lived in Dumdorff, Pa.
"Roger, Private, Capt. John Watson, Jr.'s Co., Fourth Regiment, Connecticut Mi-
litia, under Col. Benj. Hinman in Northern Department, discharged November 20, 1775."
Private in list of Connecticut pensioners residing in Vermont, Act of 1818.
Two of the sons of Joseph Orvis, Timothy B. and James R., did live at Batavia,
Kane County, 111. Other descendants reside in Western Pennsylvania, in Ohio and other
Western states.
Descendants of Lydia and Huldah Orvis reside in Tioga County, Pa.
Samuel, private, pensioned, Norfolk, Conn.
Roger, pensioned. Discharged in Northern Department November 20, 1775.
David, from town of Norfolk, Conn. Served 32 days.
Eleazer, also from town of Norfolk, Conn. Served 32 days.
I take it that these three are the sons of Eleazer and Hannah (North) since
their ages would be about right; still it must not be forgotten that William also had
a son, Samuel, who would have been of the right age. We know that of the sons of
William and Elizabeth the following, were said to have been Revolutionary soldiers:
Gershom, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. Vol. II, pages 684-5.
Ambrose Orvice, South Hadley, August 12, 1780, aged 23, height 5 ft. 11 inches,
complexion light.
Waitstill.
William.
Zadock was Revolutionary soldier. (See Third Generation.)
This indicates that all of the males of both branches of the family who were of
proper age at the time of the Revolution were in the war, and their descendants would
be eligible to either the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution or similar
societies.
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FOURTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
History of Eastern Vermont by Hall, page 773, shows Weighstill Orvis to have
been Ensign in Southern Regiment from town of Hinsdale. Captain, Reuben Field.
Appointed August 18, 1778.
Capt. KinsdalPs company also given.
From History of Eastern Vermont by Hall, page 438:
"In a Justice's Court in Windham County, organized by authority derived from
the laws of Vermont, and held by John Bridgeman, judgment had been rendered on
the 29th of July, 1782, against Timothy Church, of Brattleborough, at the suit of Ger-
shom Orvis. A writ of execution was accordingly issued on the 8th of August and
Jonathan Hunt, the High Sheriff of the County by appointment of Vermont, was di-
rected to levy on the goods of said Church, and in case of deficiency to commit him
to prison. Church, being a Yorker, did not recognize the authority of Vermont and
determined to resist it." He did resist it, and by aid of his friends, succeeded in
defying the authority of Vermont. This particular history does not state what be-
came of Gershom Orvis' suit against Church, but we all know that Vermont authority
eventually won out over that of the "Yorkers."
Gershom's family moved to Brattleboro when he was one year old. Married Asen-
ath Parmenter, daughter of Jason Parmenter, of Northfield, Mass. His farm was
at Bernardston, 4 miles from Northfield. Jason Parmenter served in the Revolution
as private and corporal in Col. Wells' Regiment from 1775 to 1777. His record can
be obtained from Secretary of State of Mass. She was born in 1757, married July
17, 1776. He died Mar. 9, 1824, at LeRay, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and she died about
j 840 same place. He (Gershom) was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in the Sec-
ond Regiment, New York Line, under Col. Goose Van Schaick. (Record can be had
from Comptroller of State of New York). Took part in the battle of the "Taking
of Chambly Fort," also served in Mass. Line. He lived in Brattleboro until 1796 when
he removed to Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he was in 1802, and shortly afterward
to LeRaysville, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Widow's application for a pension is on file in
Pension Office in Washington. In this she says she is the daughter of Jason Par-
menter, of Northfield, Mass. She was 80 years old at the time of application.
LeRaysville was organized Feb. 17, 1806.
The continual recurrence of the same Christian names gives rise to much con-
fusion, especially after so great a lapse of time and where the generations or dates
are so near to each other.
No less a personage than Julius Gay, of Farming-ton, fell into this same error
when he had in his Genealogy of the Orvis Family, now in the Connecticut Historical
Society at Hartford, Roger Orvis, Jr., married to his father's second wife. Roger, Jr.,
was never married. (See Orvis Outlines, page 7.)
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FIFTH GENERATION
Children of Jesse Orvis (1) and Susannah (Holden)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer' — Jesse1
ALVAH— Born April 3, 1792. Died September 17, 1796.
PRUDENCE3— Born June 19, 1796. Married Amazia Warner.
Lived in Chemung County, New York.
LOVINIA5— Born December 1, 1799. Died September 25, 1870, in Delmar,
Pa. Married about 1820, Ethan Ashley, who was born 1798 in Han-
cock, N. Y., and died November, 1876, at Stony Fork, Pa.
JESSE, JR."'— Bom August 15, 1803. Married (1) Betsy (Rowley), who
died March 22, 1842, at Sullivan, Pa. Married (2) Elsie Almira
(Austin) and removed to Wisconsin.
Betsy Rowley's father was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War and a fine physician.
He was a Vermonter.
ELEAZER5— Married (1) Celestia (Rich); (2) Marinda (Wilkins).
ALMOND5
Lived in Wisconsin; also in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he died.
Children of Eleazer (2) and Phebe (Knapp)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Eleazer4
Gay and other authorities give the fact of five children, but only give one name —
Rebecca, living in 1778. There is reason to believe that there was one son, at least,
who lived.
A TWIN —Died March, 1773.
A TWIN —Died March, 1773.
REBECKAH"— Living in 1778.
A CHILD5— Died October, 1778.
A CHILD— Died October, 1778.
The records of this family are very meagre, the above being all that I have been
able to glean. It is quite possible that a son of Eleazer, Jr., could have been the father
of the Eber Orvis, whose family record from Eber down is given under "Unidentified
Families" in the back of this book, but I have no evidence to support such contention.
36 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
FIFTH GENERATION
Children of Roger Orvis and Ruth (Howe)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David1 — Eleazer3 — Roger1
ROGER5— Bom January 22, 1767.
Lived in Philadelphia. Did not marry. As the eldest son, he inherited the cane,
but having no family it passed to his next brother, Loren (or Lorenzo). He was eleven
years older than his brother, Samuel.
RUTH'— Married Mr. Hogles.
He later ran away with his father-in-law's horse and saddle and never returned.
Ruth then made her home with her parents.
LOREN5— Born September 22, 1768, at Norfolk, Conn. Died October 5,
1853. Married (1) Elizabeth (Brooks), who was born February 27,
1773, and died January 1, 1802. Married (2) Lillis (Brown), who
was born June 13, 1781, and died June 6, 1867.
He was a Quaker in religion and one of the first settlers of Lincoln, Vt., in March,
1795, with two others. The allotment was 100 acres. His first lot was No. 37, First
Division. These three had two sections each or 200 acres. The town was organized in
1798 and he was one of the first Selectmen. His home place was later made a part
of the town of Ferrisburg, near Vergennes, Vt., where he died, some say at the age
of 93 years, but the dates do not bear this out.
The first night he came to Lincoln he slept in a tree to protect himself from wolves
which were numerous and ferocious at that time. He was a shoemaker and tanner
by trade and raised sheep. His brother, Philander, worked for him for about a year.
PHILANDER'— Born October 11, 1772, at Norfolk, Conn. Baptized Feb-
ruary 11, 1773, at Norfolk, Conn. Married Phebe (Chase).
Removed to Lincoln, Vt., where he worked for his brother, Loren, for about a
year. He was five years older than his brother, Samuel. His descendants are num-
erous in Lincoln, Starkesboro and vicinity.
RACHEL— Born January 11, 1775. Baptized April 30, 1775, in Norfolk.
Married Mr. Underwood.
Lived in Livingston County, N. Y. Several children.
SAMUEL"'— Born January 26, 1778, in Norfolk, Conn. Baptized July 19,
1778, in Norfolk, Conn. Died January 14, 1878, at Champion, Jef-
ferson County, N. Y. Married February 2, 1806, at Norfolk, Conn.,
Sally (Sage).
He settled in Lewis County, N. Y., but later removed to Jefferson County, New
York, and took up a tract of land, on which he lived until his death at the advanced
age of one hundred years less twelve days. He served in the War of 1812, March 1
to March 22, 1813, in Capt. Israel's Company; September 14 to November 4 in Lieu-
tenant William Root's Company, Militia of New York. Enlisted at Copenhagen, N. Y.
ALMIRA"— Born August 4, 1780. Baptized June 24, 1781.
Never married. Owned a farm in Livingston County, N. Y., where her parents
lived with her.
ELEAZER'— Bom September 16, 1782. Baptized February 19, 1783, in
Norfolk. Died March 26, 1783.
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Children of Roger Orvis and Ruth (Howe) continued
SUSANNAH —Bom February 4, 1786. Died July, 1805. Married Horace
Cooley, Lewis County, N. Y.
DIANTHA5— Bom June 18, 1785. Baptized at Norfolk, Conn. Married
( ? ) McAlpine.
Children: Two sons.
URANIA5— Bom May 4, 1787. Baptized at Norfolk, Conn. Married April
5, 1811, Jeduthon Hitchcock.
Several children. Probably was twice married; once to a Mr. Tuttle and lived
in Livingston County, New York.
SALOME3— Born July 24, 1789. Baptized at Norfolk, Conn. Married
( ? ) Clark.
Their daughter married M. Wheeler.
Children of Roger Orvis and Marianne Roxanna (Seward), (Second Marriage)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger1
MARIANNE ROXANNA5— Bom February, 1789. Died October 9, 1877.
Married Levi Lewis, May 6, 1808.
There are various ways of spelling the name of Roger's second wife. I have not
found two au.horities giving the same spelling. Her nephew, in a letter to his brother,
spells it as we have it. Ammi Robbins, who officiated both at her baptism and her
marriage, spelled it "Mirriamna-Roxina." Mrs. Adam Grimes, a descendant, living in
Yankton. S. D., in a letter to the author, spelled it '"Mari Amna Roxanna."
Children of Waitstill Orvis and Elizabeth (Church)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4
JOSEPH'— Bom December 30, 1778, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died May 30, 1795,
in Brattleboro, Vt.
Fell from a tree and died from the injuries sustained.
JOSEPHUS — Bom February 28, 1780, at Hinsdale, Vt. Died December
24, 1855, at Newfane, Vt. Married (1) April 5, 1802, Rebecca
(Barney), who was born April 14, 1781, and died November 18, 1817.
Married (2), January 1, 1821, Hannah (Whitney) (Campbell), who
was born August 15, 1785, and died January 6, 1871, daughter of
Israel Whitney, of Brookline, Vt.
Lived at Marlboro and Newfane, Vt. Hannah (Whitney) (Campbell) was a widow
with two daughters, one of which, Direxy, married Simeon Victor Orvis, a younger
brother of Josephus.
There is some doubt as to the spelling of "Direxy." One authority spells it "De-
rexcy," but her son, John Mills Orvis, gave me the above spelling.
MALACHP— Born March 6, 1782, at Hinsdale, Vt. Died October 19, 1854,
at Brandon, N. Y. Married January 9, 1809, Clarissa (Clark), at
Dummerston, Vt.
They resided for a while at Guilford, Vt., then at Dickinson or Brandon, N. Y.
38 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Children of Waitstill Orvis and Elizabeth (Church) continued
WAITSTILL, JR.1— Bom June 26, 1784, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died August 20,
1815. Married January, 1811, Susan Julia (Grummet), who died in
1816.
He was drowned off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Lived in Bain-
bridge (now Atlanta), Ga.
The spelling of the name, Grummet, is correct and is taken from the old family
Bible.
WILLIAM1 or ("BILLY")— Born September 14, 1786, in Hinsdale, Vt.
Died August 25, 1855. Married March, 1809, Lucy (Thomas) in
Hinsdale, Vt.
The old family Bible of Waitstill Orvis records as his fifth child the name of "Billy"
as above.
ELIHU— Born October 25, 1788, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died May 18, 1845, at
Troy, N. Y. Married February 4, 1813, at Pawlet, Vt., Lucina Chip-
man (Upham), who was born March 3, 1792, and died April 17, 1867,
in New York City; daughter of Joseph P. and Rosabella (Tuttle)
Upham.
Lived in Granville, N. Y., from about 1820 to 1840. Shortly thereafter removed
to Troy, N. Y., where he is buried.
JOHN MILLS5— Born December 18, 1790, at Hinsdale, Vt. Died Novem-
ber 19, 1863, at Salem, Wis. Married August 19, 1811, in Guilford,
Vt., Anna (Larrabee), who died June 12, 1883, at Salem, Wis.,
daughter of Samuel and Polly Larrabee.
He lived in Bangor, Franklin County, N. Y., at one time. He was a blacksmith
and a farmer. Was a soldier in the War of 1812.
ELIZABETH0 or (BETSY)— Born March 10, 1793, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died
March 1, 1826. Married January 29, 1815, in Brattleboro, Vt., Elisha
Flint, who died September 12, 1832, in Brookline or Dummerston,
Vt.
FRANCIS1— Born April 15, 1795, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died at Durand, Win-
nebago County, Wis. Married August 13, 1813, in Brattleboro, Vt.,
Zeruah (Miller), who died at Burlington, Kane County, 111.
At one time lived at North Granville, N. Y. Wrote a pamphlet on the Orvis family
in 1846.
Hinsdale, Vermont, is now Hinsdale, New Hampshire.
SIMEON VICTOR'— Born May 30, 1797, at Brattleboro, Vt. Died May 8,
1885, at Humboldt, Kan. Married January 24, 1824, in Marlboro,
Vt., Direxy C. (Campbell), who was born July 9, 1809, in Brookline,
Vt., and died November 30, 1890, at Oskaloosa, Iowa; daughter of
James and Hannah (Whitney) Campbell.
Both are buried in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in the family plot of John Mills Orvis, of
Des Moines, Iowa. They lived in Wilmot and Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and
later in Spring Grove,, McHenry County, Illinois.
Direxy C. Campbell was a daughter of Hannah (Whithey) (Campbell) Orvis, who
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Children of Waitstill Orvis and Elizabeth (Church) continued
was a widow when she married Josephus Orvis, older brother of Simeon Victor Orvis.
James Campbell, known as Judge Campbell, lived in St. Regis, N. Y., but died in Can-
ada at the home of a daughter. He is said to have been a descendant of the Duke
of Argyle, Scotland.
LEVI CHURCH5— Born May 19, 1799, in Brattleboro, Vt. Died September
25, 1849, in Philadelphia, Pa. Married January 18, 1823, Electa
Sophia (Purdy), who was born August 28, 1803, and died Septem-
ber 30, 1870, daughter of Trueman Purdy, of Manchester, Vt.
Both are buried in the family plot at Manchester, Vt.
He went to Manchester at the age of 18 years. He was a merchant and also
dealt in marble. He was postmaster of Manchester and also held successively the
commissions of Ensign, Lieutenant, Major and Aid to General Robert's Staff of Ver-
mont Militia. He died of cholera in Philadelphia, Pa., while there on business Sep-
tember 25, 1849. This was before the days of railroads and travel was by stage
coach. He always preferred to make his journeys on Friday, as there was less travel
that day. He kept a general store and also shipped marble, principally to Philadel-
phia, via wagons to Troy, N. Y.
The Equinox House, a noted summer resort, developed from his beginning and
remained in the family continuously until 1921, when it passed into other hands.
Children of Oliver Orvis and Patty (Stebbins)
Hale Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Oliver4
HEIL5— Baptized March 3, 1777.
LUCY— Baptized January 18, 1778.
RUFUS5— Baptized February 20, 1780. Died April 1, 1790.
OLIVER5— Baptized September 29, 1782.
Lived in Halifax, Vermont.
SAMUEL3— Baptized September 12, 1784. Died in 1821. Married in 1807,
to Elizabeth (Wooley).
They lived in Halifax, Vermont.
PATTY5— Baptized June 26, 1786.
RHODA5— Baptized February 13, 1788.
POLLY5 — Baptized February 13, 1791. Married Elisha Mix, of Locke,
N. Y.
RUFUS —Baptized September 23, 1792.
Children of Sally Orvis and Abijah Bacon
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — Eber.ezer2 — Zadock3 — Sally4
GEORGE ORVIS BACON5— Born December 23, 1806.
JULIA ANNA BACON5— Born October 21, 1809.
GEORGE ORVIS BACON, 2d— Born August 25, 1814.
ARCLIMENA ALVORA BACON5— Bom February 9, 1817.
SALLY MINERVA BACON5— Born June 4, 1819.
40 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
FIFTH GENERATION
Children of William Orvis, Jr. and Mindwell (Holton)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — "William3 — William. Jr.4
MERCY5— Born April 21, 1765. Died before 1819. Married May 15, 1796,
Silas Butler.
WILLIAM, 3d5— Born July 23, 1767.
ARIEL5 — Baptized February 14, 1770. Died the same day.
EXPERIENCE5— Baptized October 8, 1773.
ANNA"— Born before 1788.
Children of Ambrose (1) Orvis and Rebecca ( ? )
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel3 — William3 — Ambrose1
SALLY5— Bom April 6, 1783, at Hinsdale, Vt. Married November 11,
1798, Selah Jackson.
There were 14 children.
URANIA5— Born October 22, 1786, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died April 30, 1813.
Married April 5, 1811, Jedutha Hitchcock, of Norwich, Chenango
County, N. Y.
Had a daughter, Alvina Urania.
AMBROSE, JR.5— Born January 19, 1785, at Hinsdale, Vt. Died August
29, 1850, at Wixom, Michigan. Married October 4, 1812, Mary
(Moore), who died March 10, 1856.
Mary Moore was a Scotch lady and was sixty-three years and nine months old
at her death.
He went away from home when about 17 years of age, shipped on a whaler and
was gone about nine years. During that time he was not heard from, nor did he
hear from home. Upon his return, a full grown man, six feet three inches tall, there
was much rejoicing. He served in the War of 1812. He was like all the old stock
of Orvises, a strong, large and powerful man, with high forehead and Roman nose.
He was quite the ideal of his home place, having once on the street trounced a pow-
erful English bully.
In a letter from Alton D. Orvis, of Chicago, many years ago, the following inter-
esting memoranda were found:
Ambrose Orvis, born Jan. 7, 1756, at Northfield, Mass., died Aug. 30, 1844, and
was buried at New Hudson, (or Wixom), Oakland Co., Mich., near South Lyon and
about six miles south of Milford. Frank A. Orvis, who visited the graveyard at New
Hudson, found the following inscriptions:
Ambrose Orvis, died Aug. 30, 1844, age 86 years.
Ambrose Orvis, Jr., died Aug. 29, 1850, age 65 years.
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 41
Children of Ambrose (1) Orvis and Rebecca ( ? ) continued
In the family Bible of Ambrose Orvis, Sr. (now in the possession of Mr. Alton
D. Orvis, of Chicago, 111.), there is a record written by Ambrose, Sr., that Rebecca
Orvis died Aug. 14, 1824, at 3 p. m. The mother of Alton D., at the age of
82, said that Rebecca was the wife of Ambrose, Sr. The writing of Ambrose,
Sr., in this Bible is said to be like copper script. Ambrose, Sr., died at Milford, Oak-
land Co., Mich. The family was in Springfield Centre, Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1814; in
China, now Arcade, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1819-29, and in Lyon, Oakland Co., Mich.,
in 1853. Priscilla R. Orvis, wife of Ambrose Curtis Orvis, and mother of Frank A.
Orvis, remembers the family as being in Oakland Co. in 1834 and thinks he moved
to Michigan in 1829 or 1830. Ambrose, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolution and was
made deaf by the artillery or from gun explosions, and drew a pension. (Foot note
in pencil here says:
"Not right. He, with others, tried to see how many times they could draw a saw
across a timber or log which it was desired to remove from some place under water,
and his staying under water so long impaired his hearing a short time afterward."
The Record Index of the Revolutionary Rolls of Mass gives his record as follows:
"Ambrose Orvis or Orvice, residence South Hadley, enlisted to serve to the credit
of the town of Hadley for the term of six months in 1780, at which time he reported
as being 23 years of age. His name also appears on a list of men who passed muster
at Camp Totaway, Oct. 25, 1780, but does not appear upon the town payrolls of Had-
ley or South Hadley."
Note — It is quite likely that Ambrose at that time was living with the rest of the
family at Brattleboro, Vt., and that like the rest of his brothers he enlisted in an-
other state for the reason that Vermont did not exist as an entity. For instance, his
brothers, Gershom and Waitstill served in both Massachusetts and New York on dif-
ferent occasions.
Note — Springfield was settled by Capt. Prevost in May, 1769, and was burned
by Indians in 1778. The name of Ambrose was not among the list of settlers at that
time. Most of the sons of William Orvis moved from Brattleboro to Western New
York about 1800-1802. Genesee County was taken from Ontario Co. March 30, 1802.
China Township was taken from Sheldon Township March 6, 1818. Arcade was a
post village and the postoffice was called China. Michigan was made a Territory of
the United States January 11, 1805.
MARTHA'— Born September 3, 1777, in Hinsdale, Vt. Died July 4, 1842.
Married April, 1794, at Halifax, ,N. Y., Thomas Wicks, who was born
August 14, 1769.
They lived at Ox Bow, N. Y. She was a smart woman.
Ox Bow was a post village, so called from a bend in the Oswegatchie River.
HORATIO— Born 1780, at Hinsdale, Vt. Died 1851. Married (1) Betsy
Sayre, who was born June 10, 1790, and died in 1825; (2) Harriet
Ambler Basset.
He was the first physician at LeRay and one of the first graduates of Fairfield
College, Herkimer County, N. Y.
Betsy Sayre was a sister of Hannah Sayre, wife of Charles Orvis.
CYNTHIA1— Bora 1782, at Hinsdale, Vt. Died 1845. Married Levi Hale.
CHESTER'— Bom 1783 at Hinsdale, Vt. Died August, 1831, at Lowville,
N. Y. Married (1) ( ? ) ; (2) Melissa Balcom at Gowanda,
N. Y., who died September 1, 1872, at Rutland, N. Y., at the age of
68.
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Children of Ambrose (1) Orvis and Rebecca ( ? ) continued
His first wife and her children died and were buried at Forestville, N. Y.
He lived on a farm at Rutland, Vt., for 33 years. He was a soldier in War of
1812, and was in the battle of Queenstown Heights, under Gen. Scott.
Chester was buried at LeRaysville, N. Y.
CALVIN5— Born 1787 at Hinsdale, Vt. Died 1805.
LURENSY5— Born 1790 at Hinsdale, Vt. Died 1807. Married Levi
Barnum.
Lived at Utica, N. Y.
ASENATH5— Born 1792 at Hinsdale, Vt. Married Levi Barnum, being
his second wife, and was a widower in 1855.
HENRY5— Born 1794 at Hinsdale, Vt.
Left home at the age of 17. Was heard from twice. Was a. journeyman printer.
CHARLES'"— Born October 28, 1796. Died May 31, 1858, at Warren, 111.
Married April 8, 1826, Hannah (Sayre), who was bom December
25, 1801, in Southampton, L. I., daughter of Paul and Mary (Halsey)
Sayre.
Shortly after his birth the family moved to New York and were in Paris, Oneida
Co., N. Y., in 1802. They settled at LeRaysville, Jefferson County, N. Y. He was
a physician, graduate of Fairfield College, Herkimer County, N. Y.
Hannah was a. sister of Betsy Sayre, the wife of Dr. Horatio Orvis. They set-
tled at Ox Bow. In 1834, they moved to Gouverneur, 9 miles distant from Ox Bow.
In September, 1836, they moved to Martinsburg, N . Y., where in 1840 he was County
Clerk (Lewis Co.). In 1856, they moved to Illinois and located at Warren. After-
ward they moved on a farm 5 miles west of Warren in Wayne Co., Wis. In 1861,
the family moved to Nora, 111., where the wife died September 30, 1868.
Horatio and Charles Orvis were both members of the New York State Legislature
sometime between 1820 and 1840.
American Biographical Notes, Hough, page 309: Dr. Charles Orvis, in New York
Assembly in 1830 from Jefferson County; afterwards County Clerk of Lewis County.
Died at Warren, Illinois, May 31, 1858.
SALLY5— Born 1799 in Hinsdale, Vt. Died 1853. Married in 1815 Isaiah
Anthony at the age of 16 and at the age of 20 came home with two
children.
Her husband was a Quaker.
All children of Gershom were born in Hinsdale, Vt., which is now Hinsdale, New
Hampshire.
Children of David Orvis and Lydia (Hawley)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — David'
JESSE ALLEN5— Born September 26, 1777.
SALLY5— Bom November 16, 1779.
CLARRY0— Born March 21, 1782.
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Children of David Orvis and Lydia (Hawley) continued
URIEL HAWLEY5— Born at Windsor, Vt., October 25, 1784. Died at Mas-
sena, N. Y., June 24, 1854. Married (1) Carolina (Boynton) and
(2) Laura Lines (Emerson), who was one of the eight daughters
of the Reverend William Emerson.
In a letter to the author, dated October 1, 1913, Francis Brew Orvis said:
"My grandfatehr, Uriel Hawley Orvis, was a Colonel of Militia in Vermont after
the Revolution. He went to Massena, N. Y., about 1803, at that time a wilderness,
and was one of the first settlers. The stone mill and dam he built still stand and are
in use. He was a large land owner and organized the Baptist Church. He gave the
land and helped to build the present Baptist Church edifice. He also gave land to the
Congregational Church. He and his wife were very active in church work. He was
not enlisted in 1812, but I believe he took some part in several small skirmishes in
that neighborhood."
In the Emerson Family Record Uriel Herbert is given instead of Uriel Hawley,
as we have it. David's wife's name was Hawley and the presumption is that that
was the name first given. It is so on the records. Julius Gay so gives it. It may
have been changed later by use or design.
SOPHIA5— Bom February 17, 1787.
GAD5— Born July 30, 1789. Died February 21, 1837. Married Sarah (Kim-
ball), who was born in Cornish, N. H., April 8, 1796, daughter of
Edward and Sarah (Emerson) Kimball.
FLAVEL5— Bom July 21, 1791.
Children of Samuel Orvis and Caroline (Seward)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer" — Samuel4
REUBEN SEWARD5— Bom September 18, 1799. Baptized at Norfolk,
September 18, 1799. Married September 17, 1829, Celia (Clapp),
who was born May 1, 1791, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Place)
Clapp.
Lived in Geddisburg, Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1828. Lived in Prattsburg, Steu-
ben County, N. Y., in 1854, and also in .Hastings, N. Y.
ROZINA5— Baptized at Norfolk, September 18, 1799.
Married and had two children at least and did live at Hastings, N. Y.
PHE BE5— Baptized at Norfolk, September 18, 1799.
Married late in life.
HANNAH5— Baptized at Norfolk, September 18, 1799.
ALV AH5— Baptized at Norfolk, September 18, 1799.
SAMUEL5— Bom before 1799. Baptized at Norfolk, September 18, 1799.
Was a fine Greek and Latin scholar. Lived at Poultney, N. Y. Unmarried.
CLARISSA5— Married Aaron Whitehead, December, 1851.
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FIFTH GENERATION
Children of Joseph Orvis and Mabel (Butler)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Joseph1
SUSANNA5— Baptized September 3, 1786, at Norfolk. Died unmarried,
of consumption, July, 1805.
JOSEPH5— Baptized July 13, 1788, at Norfolk. Died at the age of 48. Mar-
ried Nancy (Atwater).
MABEL5— Baptized February 6, 1791, at Norfolk.
Joined Church November 12, 1815.
TIMOTHY BUTLER5— Born February 7, 1792, at Sandersfield, Litchfield
County, Conn. Died November 24, 1876, at Sumner, Iowa. Was bap-
tized at Norfolk, September 15, 1793. Married January 28, 1819,
at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa., Rachel (Harding-), who was born
October 10, 1800, at Brookfield, Orange County, Vt., and died July
22, 1898, at Sumner, Iowa.
He did live at Mauch Chunk, Pa., where he made cheese and sold it to the miners.
He moved West and located in Bremer County, Iowa, where he had 320 acres of land.
He was a good stock raiser.
Rachel Harding was daughter of Captain Samuel Harding, of Rutland, Vt. Her
mother was born on the island of Martha's Vineyard, south of Boston. Her name was
Mahew, descendant of Priest Mahew, who owned the island and preached to the In-
dians. In 1817, Captain Samuel Harding, father of Rachel, moved to Sullivan, Pa.,
and at the age of 18 she married Timothy Butler Orvis.
JULIANNA0— Baptized at Norfolk, July 13, 1794. Died January, 1795.
JUL1ANNA5— Baptized March 6, 1796, at Norfolk.
LOUISA5 — Baptized June 5, 1799, at Norfolk. Married Sherman Decker.
Had daughter, Eliza Decker, born at Norfolk, Conn. Married ( ? ) Gay-
lord, of Minneapolis, Minn.
PATIENCE-SUSANNA5— Baptized July 7, 1805, at Norfolk, Conn. Mar-
ried ( ? ) Packard.
Six of these sisters died before they were twenty years old and are buried in
North Norfolk burying ground, near the big pond or lake outlet.
WILLIAM RILEY5— Bom April 17, 1803. Baptized July 7, 1805, at Nor-
folk, Conn. Died September 12, 1892, in Sumner, Iowa. Married
Lucretia Lydia (Parker), in Smyrna, N. Y., who was born in Fitch-
burg, October 4, 1808, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Thurston (Al-
len) Parker, and who died in 1883, at Sumner, Iowa.
ROXANNA5— Baptized October 19, 1806, at Norfolk, Conn. Died March
11, 1835.
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Children of William Orvis and Sarah (Benton)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — Ebenezer- — Zadock3 — William11
LOIS LAMSON"— Married October 7, 1832, Renel Fuller, of Sherman, N. Y.
AMY HORSFORD5— Married April 25, 1831, David Benton, of Litchfield.
LUANNA J.— Married October 8, 1827, David Hamlin, Jr., of Clay, N. Y.
EBENEZER ZADOCK"'
The records show but little of this family. In the courts there was a long trial
and Ebenezer Zadock made an assignment. In some of the testimony mention was
made of "Richard's Lot" and "Manna's Lot." On April 27, 1844, the case was finished
and Ebenezer was pronounced insolvent, the creditors getting 10c and 8 mills on the
dollar.
JAMES JUDD5— Bom 1809. Died January 2, 1822.
SALLY BENTON— Married April 11, 1832, Lucius Munson, of Litchfield,
South Farms.
HANNAH MARIAH5— Baptized October, 1814.
EDWIN STAFFORD"— Baptized December 7, 1817. Married January 31,
1842, Maria (Recor), of Berlin.
MARTHA STORM5— Baptized November, 1820. Died March 8, 1831.
MARY SMITH1— Baptized November, 1820. Married December 10, 1845,
Ransom Thomson, of Hartford, Conn.
ALMIRA5— Baptized February 1, 1825. Died February 6, 1825.
A CHILD1— Born June, 1835. Died April, 1836.
A CHILD5— Bom 1832. Died November 5, 1840.
A CHILD5— Born 1810. Died May 2, 1811.
A CHILD5— Bom October, 1812. Died February, 1813.
FIFTH GENERATION— NOTES
November 9, 1790, a charter for the town of Lincoln (which at first embraced a
territory of about six miles square), was granted by the Vermont Government to Col.
Benjamin Simons and sixty-four associates. December 10, 1794, a survey having been
made and lots numbered, each proprietor was assigned two divisions of 100 acres each,
these divisions comprised about three-fifths of the grant. The remaining two-fifths
were divided the next year. The first settlements were made in the northern part of
the town early in the spring of 1795 by Loren Orvis, Lawrence Delong and Marcus
Heading, who entered at nearly the same time, in the month of March. The only
improvements that had been made previous to this time consisted of one or two log
houses, and a road that had been cleared from the north toward the center of the town.
In the year following several new settlers took up their residence in town. The pri-
vations and hardships incident to the country in the early periods of settlement fell
to their lot. Being destitute of wagons they used sleds both summer and winter. The
nearest stores were at Middlebury and Vergennes, and the nearest grist-mill at New
Haven. The want of passable roads and of accessible places of business, the fierce-
ness of wolves and the general destitution of common conveniences rendered their con-
dition peculiarly hard and trying. In three years after the first settlement the num-
ber of inhabitants was sufficient to render a town organization expedient. Accord-
ingly, it was affected on the second Tuesday of March, 1798. Howard Delong, town
clerk; Loren Orvis, Jed Durfey and James Varney, selectmen; Samuel Eastman, con-
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FIFTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
stable. A log school house was built near the old grave yard and a school established
as early as 1797. This was the only school for Lincoln, the south part of Starksboro
and a part of Bristol. It is said that the first school was taught by Olive Durfey.
Other schools were established in a few years. Most of the early settlers belonged
to the Society of Friends and meetings for worship were instituted at an early date.
These were held for some time at private houses until a log meeting house was built
on a piece of land which was in 1860 the property of Hannah Brown. This branch
of the Society of Friends was for many years in a flourishing condition. The mem-
bers are now few in number, but continue to hold meetings for worship and for busi-
ness. The first organization of the Society was July 16, 1801.
Franklin Henry Orvis, of the Equinox House, Manchester, Vt., said, December 18,
1895:
"There is a large family of Orvises at South Starksboro, Vt. D. H. Orvis is the
postmaster there and is a merchant." "J. H. Orvis and Albert Orvis also live there."
In a letter from Detxer Erwin Orvis, dated Tiffin, Ohio, February 20, 1911, he
says:
My great-grandfather, Samuel Orvis, was born in Connecticut in 1776, married
Sallie Sage in 1800, and the same year moved with an ox team to what was then a
wilderness, in the town of Champion, Jefferson County, N. Y. They cleared a small
space, erected a log hut, living in their wagon in the meantime, and continued to live
in same place for 76 years, during which time he became a prosperous farmer on land
he cleared and cultivated by himself. He died in 1876, at the age of 100 years, less
12 days. His wife also died the same year, having lived together most happily as man
and wife for 76 years. He was a man of most exemplary habits, and a life-long Meth-
odist. He raised a large family both male and female. Perhaps the most prominent
among them was his namesake, Rev. Samuel Orvis, who for many years was an hon-
ored member of the Black River Conference of Methodist Preachers. He was a man
of unusual power in the pulpit. Another son was Elias Orvis, my grandfather, who
died in 1840. Among the daughters was Mirinda, who married Levi Stoddard, and
lived in the village of Copenhagen until she died in, I think, 1883. Almira married
Lysander Van Brocklin and lived at the old homestead all her life. She was a re-
markable woman, possessed of great literary ability and was a frequent and valued
contributor to the newspapers and periodicals of her day. Another daughter, Sallie,
was an invalid for many years and never married, but lived to ripe old age with her
parents.
My father, Kendrick A. Orvis, is still living, at present at South Haven, Mich.,
although he considers Wheaton, 111., his permanent home, where my brother, Wilbur,
aged 41, also resides. My sister, Cornelia, aged 54, married A. R. Hotchkiss, and lives
at South Haven, where she is very active in W. C. T. U. work, having been president
of the district and local unions for many years. She has one son, Harold, aged 22
years, employed in a responsible position in a railway office in Kalamazoo, Mich.
My father had two brothers, Samuel E. and Alvah G. Samuel E. was a soldier
in the Civil War and lost an arm in the Battle of the Wilderness. He died in Mil-
waukee, Wis., in, I think, 1900. Alvah G. was a railroad engineer on the Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Chicago Railroad for over 45 years, residing at Madison, Wis., and died
last year as a result of a railroad accident, the first serious one of his experience. He
had the unique record of never having caused a death from accident to his trains dur-
ing all that time. He has several sons and daughters living at or near Madison, Wis.
I am now in my 56th year and believe there are few of that age who can say
they have never lost a member of their immediate family. My father, mother, sister
and brother and all the children are living, not even a baby being lost by any of them
or the wives of any. I have been married 33 years but have no children. A Samuel
has been in the family for very many generations, the last of that name being my
brother's son, born just before last Christmas.
So far as I know, no member of the Orvis family has ever brought disgrace upon
the name, but on the other hand appear to be people of good habits and exceptional
longevity.
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Jesse Orvis (2) and Betsey (Rowley)
Male Line: ( ieorge" — Roger' — David- — Eleazer3 — Jesse1 — Jesse5
EDWARD EVERETT'— Born 1826. Died December 27, 1884. Married
(1) in 1849, Jane Eliza (Atwood), of New London, Chester County,
Pa., daughter of Origen and Jane (Strong) Atwood; (2) Anna Eliza
(P>ailey), a Nova Scotia lady.
EDWARD EVERETT ORVIS
-Male Line: George" — Rogei1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse" — Edward Evei-ett8
He learned the printing trade, became a publisher, writer for the public press,
both religious and secular; was an eloquent public speaker, a life-long member and
minister of the Christian (sometimes called Campbellite) Church and became a lawyer
of no mean ability. He was energetic in getting together data of the Orvis Family,
but had the misfortune to lose all of his papers by fire. Because of his ministerial
duties he lived in a great many places, among which were New London, Pa., Rich^
mond, Va., King William Court House, Va., Lock Haven, Pa., Williamsport, Pa.,.
Bloomsburg, Pa., Benton, Pa., and Mayfield, Ky. His first wife died at the home of
her brother, Nathan Atwood, in Marsh Creek, Pa. His second wife died at Mayfield,
Ky., and he died from a stroke of paralysis at or near Salisbury, N. C, and was
buried at Rowan, N. C.
As before stated, Edward E. Orvis (my father), was much interested in the
family history. A letter dated New London, Pa., Jan. 16, 1853, and addressed to
Joseph U. Orvis, of New York City, asking for information concerning family mat-
ters, etc., is now in my possession, having been turned over to me by Edwin W.
Orvis from his father's miscellaneous papers. How long before this date Edward E.
was searching for names, dates, etc., I do not know. — F. W. O.
SUSANNA'1 — Bom May 25, 1828, at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa. Married
April 17, 1847, Samuel Gillette, who died October 1, 1894.
LYDIA8 — Married Francis Warner.
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IRENE"— Born 1833 at Sullivan, Pa. Married (1) Aaron Victor Gillette at
Canoe Camp, Tioga County, Pa., on September 8, 1853. He died
June 13, 1870. She married (2) John Churchill.
JOHN HOLDEN6— Bom February 24, 1835, at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa.
Died November 6, 1893. Married Caroline Elizabeth (Atwood) on
April 23, 1856, at New London, Pa., who was a half sister of Edward
Everett's first wife, daughter of Origen and Jane (Jaeger) Atwood.
JOHN HOLDEN ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Jes
-Jesse5 — John Holden'
Was admitted to the bar at Lock Haven, Pa., in 1856. In 1861 enlisted as a volun-
teer in Col. Jarrett's Co., 11 Penna. Vol. Was in battle of Falling- Waters. While in
service was prostrated by sunstroke, thereby prevented from re-enlisting;. In Novem-
ber, 1862, he moved to Bellefonte, Pa., where he resided till his death. In 1871 was
elected a member of the Pennnsylvania Legislature and re-elected in 1873. In same
year was Democratic candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 1873
was elected a Trustee of the Pennsylvania State College, a position retained by him
till his death. In summer of 1873 he was appointed Law Judge of 25th Judicial Dis-
trict by Gov. Hartranft. In November, 1873, he was elected to same office. In 1877 he
acted as Judge Advocate on staff of General James A. Beaver in the great railroad riots.
In 1883 he was made President Judge of the 49th Judicial District, which office he re-
signed to resume active practice at the bar, which immediately became one of the
largest in the State. At his death he was a recognized leader of the Pennsylvania bar.
For more complete biographical sketch see Encyclopedia of Contemporary Biog-
raphy of Pennsylvania, Vol. Ill, page 245.
Orviston, Centre Co., Pa., was named in his honor. The family still have holdings
there. His popularity among the people in his territory is shown by many fathers
naming their children "Orvis" in his memory.
JESSE KILBURN6— Born October 8, 1837, at Sullivan, Pa.
He served his apprenticeship in the printing business at New London, Pa., under his
older brother, Edward Everett.
Changed his name in 1865. Went West and married.
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Children of Jesse Orvis (2) and Betsey (Rowley) continued
The last (and first) letter the author ever received from Jesse Kilburn Orvis was
dated at Battle Creek, Neb., Jan. 20, 1896, and was signed "Franklin H. L. Willis."
The printed letterhead upon which it was written shown him to be Vice-President of
the Battle Creek Valley Bank.
Was married and had a family; one son. at least, who visited the author in Brook-
lyn, many years ago.
ALMA AUGUSTA6— Bom February 24, 1840, at Sullivan, Tioga County,
Pa. Died in 1911. Married June 20, 1865, at Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., Nathan C. McCloskey.
They lived at Hiner's Run, Clinton Co., and later at Lock Haven, Pa.
My father, Edward E. Orvis, performed the marriage ceremony, T being an in-
terested spectator. I spent many happy boyhood days at their home in Hiner, boating,
f shing and wading in the river.
SAMUEL6— Died unmarried.
Children of Jesse Orvis (2) and Elsie Elmira (Austin), Second Marriage
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer1 — Jesse4 — Jesse5
ELIZABETH6— Died in infancy.
NATHANIEL WILLIS6— Was a soldier in the Civil War and died about
1870. i
ORSON GREGORY6— Married Julia (Smith).
Children of Eleazer Orvis and Celestia (Rich)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Eleazer5
GEORGE ELEAZER6— Bom February 4, 1837, at Sullivan, Pa. Married
September 30, 1876, Nancy E. (Rose) at Sullivan, Pa. She died
May 3, 1910.
Lived at Mansfield, Pa., R. F. D. No. 1.
ELISHA R.6— Born February 28, 1842, at Sullivan, Pa. Married September
15, 1886, Ella L. (Squires) , at Elmira, N. Y.
Two children; family lived at Mainesburg, Pa.
MARGARET6— Married ( ? ) Rhinevault.
Lived at Mansfield, Pa.
ESTHER M.6— Married ( ? ) Sweet.
Lived in Troy, Pa.
ELIZA'— Married ( ? ) Reynolds.
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Eleazer Orvis and Marinda (Wilkins), Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer' — Jesse (l)4 — Eleazer5
WILLIAM6— Born August 5, 1846, at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa. Died
November 15, 1899. Married June 26, 1877, at Portland, Michigan,
Carrie E. (Groger).
Left a family of five who lived at Eveline, Mich., East Jordan, R. F. D. No. 1,
Box 35.
EVERETT E.'-Bom July 16, 1851, at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa. Mar-
ried April 20, 1873, at Portland, Mich., Emeline (Hill).
Lived later at Sault St. Marie, Mich.
EULALIA"— Bora 1853. Died 1882, unmarried.
Children of Josephus Orvis and Rebecca (Barney)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Josephus5
LUCINA6— Bora July 9, 1804. Died March 5, 1874. Married Sewell But-
ler, of Brattleboro, Vt.
ELIZABETH CHURCH6— Born August 28, 1807. Married John A. Pullen,
of New York City.
Two children, Fred and Fanny.
John A. Pullen was the founder of the express business in this country and was
president of the National Express Company.
SYLINDA6— Born July 18, 1809. Married Moses Gould, of Warwick, Mass.
LEVI BARNEY6— Born July 24, 1811. Died September 23, 1833.
Buried in West Brattleboro in same plot with Waitstill.
HIRAM6— Bom August 13, 1814. Died February 13, 1815.
Children of Josephus Orvis and Hannah (Whitney) (Campbell), Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Josephus5
HANNAH MARI6— Bora September 18, 1822, at Marlboro, Vt. Died Jan-
uary 8, 1908, at Hinsdale, N. H. Married in 1846 in South Newfane,
Vt., Edward Adams, who was born August 4, 1810, at Marlboro.
Vt., and died June 30, 1871, at South Newfane, Vt., son of David
and Susie (Warren) Adams.
It is said that Josephus had thirteen children in his family: ten by his first wife,
one by his second wife and she had two when he married her, making thirteen in all.
His second wife was a widow with two daughters, one of whom, Direxy, married
Simeon Victor Orvis, a younger brother of Josephus. Susie Warren was daughter of
Captain Jonathan Warren, of Marlboro, Vt., a Revolutionary soldier. Hannah Mari
THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 51
Children of Josephus Orvis and Hannah (Whitney) (Campbell) continued
and Edward Adams are both buried in South Nevvfane, Vt. Note the spelling- of the
name "Mari." That is correct. Vouched for by her daughter and grand-daughter.
She always contended that she was the ''thirteenth child; the third child and the only
child," which is thus explained: She was the thirteenth child in the family; the third
child of her mother and the only child born to the second marriage of her parents.
Children of Waitstill (2) and Susan (Grummett)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William1 — Waitstill1 — Waitstill. Jr.5
EMILINE E.'— Married April 18, 1888, Dr. Alfred Theodore Bowne at At-
lanta, Ga.
Children: Alfred, killed in Civil War; Julia, married Dr. V. O. Hardin, and lived in
Atlanta, Ga., twice married; Emiline E., married ( ? ) Hunnewell, children:
William, lived at Denver, Col.; Sophronia, lived at Denver, Col.; Annie, Theodore,
Rosa, Georgia, married W. Baker, lived in Jacksonville, Florida.
EDWIN WAITSTILL" — Born December 28, 1814, and died January 20,
1839.
Sophia Selden Rogers, wife of Harry Rogers, who lived (1902) at 2216 DeLancey
Street, Philadelphia, Pa., was a descendant of Waitstill, Jr.
Children of Martha (Orvis) and Thomas Wicks
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Gershom1 — Martha5
THOMAS WICKS, JR.6— Married Sally (Wilder) .
BENJAMIN WICKS"
LAURENCY WICKS6
MARTHA WICKS"
ORVIS WICKS'— Went West with the Mormons.
LULIA LOUISA WICKS"— Married Robert Ormiston.
JOHN CALVIN WICKS8— An M. D. Died in Ox Bow, 1868.
CYNTHIA WICKS— Second wife of Dr. Robert Ormiston.
HENRY WICKS"— Born 1820. Died 1832.
SOPHIA WICKS'— Married ( ? ) Wheeler.
SYLVIA WICKS'— Married ( ? ) Wilder.
Children of Horatio Orvis and Betsey (Sayre)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Gershom1 — Horatio5
MARY'' — Married James Hope, of Le Raysville, New York.
HORATIO"— Died in infancy.
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Horatio Orvis and Harriett Ambler (Basset), By Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William' — Gershom4 — Horatio1
BETSY'— Lived but a few days.
Children of Chester Orvis and Melissa (Balcom)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William' — Gei'shorn4 — Chester'
LUR ANSA"— Born in 1821 or 1822 in New York State. Died January,
1906, at Vermillion, South Dakota. Married about 1842 or 1843
Matthew Stewart, who died about 1890 or 1892.
CHESTER, JR.6— Born September 11, 1823, in Erie County, N. Y. Died
March 19, 1896. Married Esther A. (Ware), who was born July 30,
1831, and died April 13, 1896.
Esther was born and lived near Felts Mills, Jefferson County, N. Y. Chester, Jr.,
was a farmer and lived all of his life in this locality.
HENRY'— Born March, 1822. Married (1), Prudence (Howland) ; (2),
Wealthy (Hunt).
He was a Custom House officer and was living at the age of 83 in 1905. He died
at Plattsburg, N. Y., which was his residence.
Children of Cynthia (Orvis) and Levi Hale
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William' — Gershom4 — Cynthia0
LEVI HALE, JR.'— Died in New York.
HIRAM HALE"
LURANSA HALE'— Married John Grannis.
JULIA HALE'— Married Orlin P. Woodruff.
HENRY HALE'— Married ( ? ) Allen. Died at Elgin, Illinois.
CYNTHIA HALE'— Married ( ? ) Wright.
Children of Asenath (Orvis) and Levi Barnum
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel' — William' — Gershom1 — Asenath'
CHARLES BARNUM"
HENRY BARNUM"
GEORGE BARNUM"
WILLIAM BARNUM'
HORATIO BARNUM*
JAMES BARNUM"
THOMAS BARNUM'
LURANSY BARNUM'
MARTHA BARNUM'
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53
Children of Levi Church Orvis and Electa Sophia (Purdy)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill' — Levi Church1
FRANKLIN HENRY6— Born July 12, 1824. Died November 30, 1900, at
Manchester, Vt. Married Sarah Maria (Whitin), who was born
January 18, 1830, and died August 7, 1907; daughter of Paul Whitin,
of Whitinsville, Mass.
Buried in family plot at Manchester, Vt.
' 1
FRANKLIN HENRY ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Samuel1
-Waitstill4 — Levi Church3
It was in his father's store that Mr. Orvis obtained his early business education,
but he also attended the common schools of the town, the Burr Seminary, and the Union
Village Academy of Greenwich, N. Y., finishing at the latter in 1842, then being' 18
years of age. The next two years were spent in Wisconsin and Illinois in mercantile
pursuits, but in 1844 he went to New York City as a clerk in the wholesale dry goods
house of Marsh & Willis, which position he held for about two years. In 1846 Mr.
Orvis, in association with Elijah M. Carrington, formerly of Poultney, under the firm
name of Carrington & Orvis, engaged in the business of wholesale dealing in dry goods,
with which enterprise he was connected until about the year 1860, then retiring to give
his entire attention to the hotel business.
In 1872, learning from some of the guests who had been in Florida that the winter
climate there is fine but the hotels inferior, he decided to show the southerners how to
keep a hotel, and took the management of the St. James in Jacksonville. The house
was well patronized and he soon after purchased the Putnam House at Palatka, which
he kept open during the winter seasons until it was burned in 1884. From 1881 till
1891 he also conducted the Windsor Hotel at Jacksonville, a house that gained the great-
est popularity. Finding that increasing years made the Florida business too burden-
some he gave it up, but not until he was regarded the pioneer of the winter hotel busi-
ness in the South as he had been of the summer business in Vermont.
Franklin H. Orvis was a sturdy New Englander, a man of strong will, clear brain,
bright mind, well defined ideas on public matters, a staunch Republican in polities, a
capable business man, a hotel keeper of originality, rare skill and great sagacity; a
good citizen, a kind and loving husband and a generous and just father. In his demise
Vermont lost one of her best citizens and there was removed from the ranks of Ameri-
can hotel keepers one of the most unique, progressive and talented men who ever wel-
comed the coming: and speeded the parting guest.
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Children of Levi Church Orvis and Electa Sophia (Purdy) continued
CAROLINE MARIA8— Born October 25, 1826. Died May 20, 1901. Mar-
ried John Conover Hinchman.
Buried in family plot at Manchester, Vt.
COLUMBUS AUGUSTUS6 — Born February 17, 1828, at Manchester, Vt.
Died in 1912 in Chicago, 111. Married at Racine, Wis., Harriet (Sar-
geant) , who was bom October, 1832, in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in
1904, daughter of Joseph and Emma (Brooks) Sargeant.
In early days he was a merchant at Racine, Wis., afterwards moved to Iowa, then
to Chicago, where he became a member of the Board of Trade. Was a successful
business man of good reputation.
CHARLES FREDERICK6— Born June 19, 1831, at Manchester, Vt. Died
March 24, 1915. Married April 25, 1856, at Manchester, Vt., Laura
Ellen (Walker), who died October 3, 1903.
In a letter received by the author about January 1, 1913, C. F. says: "Pardon
me for not answering your previous letter, for I am a very busy man and 81 years old."
Both are buried in their family plot in Manchester, Vt. On the stone beneath
the usual inscriptions of dates this line appears:
"And their love never faded."
Charles Frederick Orvis was born in Manchester, Vt., June 19, 1831, and died in
his eighty-fourth year, March 24, 1915, at Manchester. He was known all of his life
as an ardent and militant Democrat and his outspoken views earned him the sobriquet,
among those who knew him, of the "Nestor of the Democrats of New England."
In 1855, ho married Laura E. Walker and the same year was proprietor of the
Equinox House, Manchester, which was founded by Orvises and conducted by successive
generations down to the year 1921. Charles F. Orvis did not remain in the hotel business
but about 1870 began the manufacture of fishing tackle and anglers' supplies, a business
which grew to considerable proportions and is now conducted by his sons, Albert C.
Orvis and Robert J. Orvis, at Manchester.
FRANCES JANE6— Born August 23, 1833. Died August 27, 1836.
FRANCES ELIZABETH6— Married George P. Utley.
LEVI CHURCH, JR.6— Born July 27, 1841, at Manchester, Vt. Died Octo-
ber 22, 1885, at Manchester, Vt. Married May 23, 1865, Anna Eliz-
abeth (Wise), who died March 12, 1895, at East Hartford, Conn.,
daughter of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Hall) Wise.
Children of Malachi Orvis and Clarissa (Clark)
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel3 — William" — Waits till1 — Malachi
JOSEPH6— Born August 23, 1809.
Twin brother to Benjamin Calvin.
BENJAMIN CALVIN'— Born August 23, 1809.
Twin brother to Joseph.
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Children of Malachi Orvis and Clarissa (Clark) continued
ALONZO'— Bom April 2, 1811.
AR AD6— Born February 22, 1813.
The most brilliant one of the family, but his mind became unbalanced. He died
at Ravena, Ohio.
WAITSTILL BIGELOW3— Born August 30, 1815, at Guilford, Vt. Died
May 23, 1890, at Roseland, Nebraska. Married August 27, 1846,
Susan Wealthy (White), who was born August 2, 1817, at Hart-
ford, Vt., and died November 19, 1889; daughter of Nodiah and
Wealthy (Landfear) White.
Nodiah White emigrated to Northern Ohio in 1832 and settled at Garrettsville,
where he built a home in 1833 and which was in after years used as a hotel. Susan
Wealthy entered Oberlin College in 1841 and graduated in 1844. She died of pneu-
monia and she and her husband are buried at Juniata, Nebraska.
William Bigelow received his early education in the public schools of Vermont
and New York. In 1838-9 he left his home in Whitesboro (now Brandon), N. Y.,
and entered Oberlin College, where his name was entered as Waitstill. He graduated
in 1846. He had his name changed by act of the Legislature at the age of 45, remark-
ing facetiously: "I never wait and am never still." He preached his first sermon at
Morgan (now Rock Creek), Ohio, and was ordained minister at Lenox, Ohio, May 27,
1847. Was pastor at Williamsfield in 1848-9; Charlestown, Ohio, 1852-4. Also pastor
for a while at Middleford, Ohio. In 1854 he began the publication of "The Independent
Press" at Ravena, Ohio. In 1863-7 "The People's Preacher and Teacher of Health"
at Jacksonville, 111. From there he went to Wheaton and then to Atlanta, 111. Was
pastor at Danvers, 111., 1865-72 and Cerro Gordo, 111., in 1872. From 1876 to 1880
was editor of "The Christian Reformer and Non-Ritualist" in Philadelphia, Pa. In
1881 engaged in literary work as an author and continued this until his death. He was
a chronic invalid and did much writing, publishing most of it at his own expense.
Was author of "Christ Coming in His Kingdom," in 1869; "Ritualism Dethroned," in
1875, and "Harmony of Science and Religion," and at the time of his break-down had
ready "Childhood" and Lyric Beauties" and "Poetic Gems." He was a Congregational
minister.
JONATHAN M.6— Born August 3, 1817.
Enrolled at Oberlin College, 1839-1841, from Brandon, N. Y.
CALVIN H.6— Bom July 15, 1819. Died February 11, 1893.
CLARISSA6— Bom April 5, 1821.
CHARLOTTE M.6— Born August, 1823. Married ( ? ) Haskell.
Had a daughter, Rose.
ELISHA6— Bom March 23, 1825.
Lived at Summerset, Mass. He was a student in 1850-1851 at Oberlin College
from Brandon, N. Y.
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Francis Orvis and Zeruah (Miller)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Francis5
VICTOR MARCY6— Born June 11, 1814, at Brattleboro, Vt. Died July 26,
1897. Married July 27, 1834, Lucretia (Taylor) at Wethersford,
N. Y.
Lived 16 miles south of Fayette, Iowa, at Putnam.
OZIAS— Born 1816. Died in infancy.
DINAH"— Born February, 1817. Died in infancy.
CELIA MIRANDA6— Born February 24, 1818. Died May 3, 1832.
ADA ELECTRA6— Born April 4, 1820. Died April 24, 1820.
ORRIN PIERRE6— Born April 18, 1822. Died December 14, 1823.
EMRE PIERRE6— Bom April 8, 1824. Married Caroline (Putnam).
Lived at Burlington, 111., and Manchester, Iowa.
ELVIRA"— Born December 20, 1825. Married Elijah Adams.
RHODA"— Born October 24, 1827. Died June 8, 1850, in Missouri. Mar-
ried Jonathan Joslyn.
ELIZA6— Born May 1, 1829. Died December 28, 1858. Married Philip
Dundes.
MARTHA MALINDA6— Born April 8, 1831. Married John Bowen, 1847.
She was a twin siste rof Mary Miranda.
MARY MIRANDA6— Born April 8, 1831. Married Amos Galvin.
She was a twin sister of Mary Miranda.
NAOMI"— Born April 18, 1833.
Died of cholera in Missouri.
HARRISON FLETCHER"— Born January 5, 1835.
WAITSTILL MILLER6— Born July 23, 1838. Married Harriet (Banker),
in 1866, at Masonville, Iowa.
Later lived at Manchester, Iowa.
Waitstill Miller moved to Elgin, 111., with a friend of his father, for whom he
worked on a farm in the summer and went to school in the winter, as nearly every
boy did in those days. Arriving at the age of manhood he married as above and pur-
chased a farm near Sycamore, 111., which he farmed for several years. Doing fairly
well he concluded to sell and go west. He purchased a farm near Manchester, Iowa,
and continued farming for about forty years. When he retired he purchased a home
in Manchester, where he lived until his death. He was a very active member of the
Methodist Church. Since his death his wife has made her home with her son, Fred
K., at St. Olaf, Iowa. She was 81 years of age in 1922 and enjoying good health.
NELSON JASPER"— Born November 12, 1841. Died April 20, 1882.
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57
SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Elihu Orvis and Lucina Chipman (Upham)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Elihu6
ANNA ELIZA6— Born May 4, 1814, at Granville, N. Y. Married May 15,
1845, Isaac Schram.
Lived in Grand Blanc, Mich. Children: Kate and Joseph Elihu.
JOSEPH UPHAM6— Born November 8, 1816, at Granville, N. Y. Died
March 30, 1883, at Palatka, Fla. Married Mary Elizabeth (Nazro),
who was born June 10, 1821, and died October 16, 1894, daughter of
Henry and Eliza (Paine) Nazro.
Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. N. Y.
JOSEPH UPHAM ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — WaitstilP — Elihu5 — Joseph Upham6
The death of Joseph Upham Orvis occurred after he and his wife had attended a
wedding at Chattanooga, Tenn. Going from there to Florida for a rest he contracted
a severe cold which ended fatally in a few days, and he died at Palatka, Fla. For
over thirty years he had been closely identified with the commercial and financial inter-
ests of the county. He was born at Granville, Washington County, N. Y., and received
a commercial education. He commenced business life at the age of sixteen, engaging
in the dry goods business with an uncle, Levi Church Orvis, at Manchester, Vt., and
ultimately became a member of the dry goods firm of Lockwood & Orvis, of Troy,
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Children of Elihu Orvis and Lucina Chipman (Upham) continued
N. Y., with which business he was associated for twenty-three years. He was active
in the establishment of the Mutual Bank of Troy, N. Y., becoming its vice-president
and virtually its manager, also vice-president of the Troy Savings Bank and one of
the founders of the Troy Building and Loan Association. On removing to the city
of New York in 1854 he continued in the mercantile business, and in 1858 he took a
prominent part in the organization of the Park Bank, of which he was one of the first
directors, procuring by his personal influence a large portion of the first subscriptions
to its capital stock. He continued an active director of the Park Bank until it had
accumulated an ample surplus. In 1864 he projected and organized the Ninth Nat-
ional Bank of New York. He was president of the Ninth National Bank from 1864
to 1867 and during that time raised the deposits up to $20,000,000, having by his
energy and talent in placing a large portion of the 7-30 Government Loan, obtained the
confidence and co-operation of Mr. Chase and Mr. Fessenden as secretaries of the United
States Treasury. Mr. Orvis rendered valuable service to the Government in its finan-
cial department at that critical period. At the convention of national banks in New
York in October, 1864, he was appointed secretary and treasurer of their committee.
On his retirement from the presidency of the Ninth National Bank he became manager
for New York of the National Life Insurance Company of U. S. A.
He also served as director of the Standard and Resolute Fire Insurance Companies
and was for some time chairman of the Finance Committee of the Union Dime Savings
Bank, and also for a short period president of t he Security Bank. In 1872 Mr. Orvis
established with his son, Charles Eustis, a private banking business in New York under
the firm name of Joseph U. Orvis & Co., placing large loans for corporations and trans-
acting an extensive business in commercial paper, railroad stocks and petroleum cer-
tificates. He visited England in the summer of 1873 to promote some financial negotia-
tions and remained abroad until April of 1874. Although passing such an active life
in business, Mr. Orvis was constantly engaged in promoting religious interests and
benevolent institutions in the Protestant Episcopal Church,. In private life he was
an affable, courteous, intelligent, kindly gentlemen, highly esteemed by a large circle
of friends.
EDWIN CHURCH6— Born June 26, 1821, at Granville, N. Y. Died March
2, 1825, at Granville, N. Y.
Buried in Granville, N. Y.
CATHERINE LORETTE*— Born February 23, 1826, at Granville, N. Y.
Died June 18, 1859, at Utica, Indiana. Married, December 24, 1845,
Dr. Thomas Clifford Mercer, at Woodville, Miss.
Children: Lizzie, married ( ? ) Gridley, who was with Belknap & Co., Ce-
ment Works, Louisville, Ky.; Nettie, Carver.
PHILANDER DENSLOW— Born July 10, 1828, at Granville, N. Y. Died
July 22, 1903, at New York City. Married January 16, 1855, in New
York, Marie Adeline (de Girardin), who died December 1, 1914.
She died at St. Josephs Hospital, Far Rockaway, L. I., N. Y., aged 85 years.
A son, died in infancy. Lived in Paris, France, for many years.
HULDAH MARIA1— Born April 12, 1819. Died January 20, 1820, at Gran-
ville, N. Y.
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Charles Orvis and Hannah (Sayre)
Hale Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — "William' — GershonV — Charles'
MARTHA'— Born March 26, 1828, at Ox Bow, N. Y. Died December 17,
1909, at Englewood, Colo. Married December 4, 1877, at Nora, 111.,
John Hayward Champlin, who was born in 1813 and died at Nora,
111., March 12, 1883.
In 1903 she moved to Denver, Colorado, and lived in a suburb, Englewood. She
was a woman of unusual intelligence and it was through the stimulation of her interest
in the family history that much of the present data are recorded.
DELIA6— Bora May 26, 1830, at Ox Bow. Died May 17, 1846, at Martins-
burg, N. Y.
CHARLES, JR.8— Born July 6, 1832, at Ox Bow, N. Y. Died December 10,
1880, at Wallen, Ind. Married December 25, 1872, Robina Louise
(Pierce), who was born April 8, 1848, daughter of Dr. Joseph and
Susanna (Jeffries) Pierce.
She was a school teacher at Ft. Wayne, Ind. He studied Civil Engineering at Fairfield
College and followed this occupation together with school teaching in the neighborhood
of Martinsburg, N. Y., about 1849. In October, 1855, he located at Warren, 111., where
he taught school for several years. In December, 1855, he wrote for his father to
come west, which he did in 1856. In 1861 he began to study medicine in Dr. Caldwell's
office and in October, 1862, entered the medical department of the University of Mich-
igan. May 19, 1863, he was appointed 2d Assistant Surgeon of the 3d Regiment, Illinois
Cavalry. October 14, 1865, he was promoted to 1st Assistant, but before he served
in this capacity the Regiment disbanded October 19, 1865. He then finished his medi-
cal education at Jefferson Medical College, and graduated in March, 1866. Was in-
terne of Philadelphia Hospital in 1867. He located at Ft. Wayne, Ind. In 1877 he
moved to Huntertown, where he practiced for 5 years. He then moved to Monroeville
on account of the malaria and from there to Wallen.
MARY6— Born October 1, 1834, at Gouverneur. Died March 3,1, 1849, at
Martinsburg.
SARAH6— Bom August 15, 1836, at Gouverneur. Died February 13, 1899,
at Nora, 111.
Taught school at Nora, 111., for 21 years.
HENRY6— Born September 20, 1838, at Gouverneur. Died August 27, 1856,
at Lowville, N. Y.
ELIZA SAYRE6— Born June 26, 1840, at Martinsburg, Lewis County, N. Y.
Died April 24, 1903, in Allenville, Wis. Married October 31, 1864,
in Allenville, Wis., Timothy Rush Allen, a farmer, who was born
February 20, 1843, in Madison County, N. Y., son of Silas Marsh and
Phoebe Louise (King) Allen.
She was a teacher of music and of public schools. Lived on a farm in Allenville,
near Oshkosh, Wis. Allenville was so named when her husband sold part of his farm
to the railroad.
Eliza Sayre came from New York to Illinois in 1856 with her father's family. She
came to Wisconsin in 1863. In 1858 she united with the Congregational Church at Nora,
111. When she came to Wisconsin she transferred her membership to the Presbyterian
Church at Winneconne, where she was a member at the time of her death.
JULIA MARIA6— Born September 21, 1844, at Martinsburg. Died July
8, 1916. Married July 28, 1869, James H. Newcomb.
Lived at Nora, 111., until 1873, when they moved to 2141 Vine Street, Denver, Colo.,
where she died.
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THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
THE FIVE SONS OF ELIZA SAYRE (ORVIS) ALLEN AND THREE
RELATIVES BY MARRIAGE
(From left to right, standing)
Isaac C. Foster, husband of niece on Allen side.
George H. Vosburg, husband of sister-in-law.
Charles Orvis Allen, second son.
David King Allen, fourth child (third son).
Silas Marsh Allen, oldest son.
Jeremiah Vosburg, nephew on Allen side.
Timothy Rush Allen, fifth child (fourth son).
(Sitting) Harry Orvis Allen, sixth child; youngest (fifth son).
FEMALE DESCENDANTS OF ELIZA SAYRE (ORVIS) ALLEN AND OTHER
RELATIVES BY MARRIAGE
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(From left lo right, standing)
Mrs. Caroline Bates Foster, niece on Allen side.
Mrs. Isabelle Strong Allen, wife of son, Silas Marsh Allen.
Mrs. Louise Allen Vosburg, sister-in-law of Eliza S. O. Allen.
Mrs. Clara Furman Allen, wife of son, Harry Orvis Allen.
Mrs. Beatrice Donais Allen, wife of Charles Orvis Allen, son of E. S. O. Allen.
Miss Phoebe Louise Allen, daughter of Eliza Sayre (Orvis) Allen.
Mrs. Grace Robey Vosburg, wife of nephew on Allen side.
(From left to right, sitting)
1. Grand-daughter, Miss Bernice Louise Allen, daughter of C. O. Allen.
2. Grand-daughter. Barbara Allen, daughter of Hairy O. Allen.
3. Grand-niece. Miss Hope Vosburg. daughter of Jeremiah Vosburg.
4 Grand-son, Furman Allen, son of Harry O. Allen.
5 Mrs. Grace Tielander Allen, wife of Timothy R. Allen.
(J Grand-daughter. Kathleen Allen, daughter of Harry O. Allen.
7! Grand-daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Allen Borgerud. daughter of C. O. Allen.
Mrs Sara Orvis (Allen) Madden, daughter of Eliza Sayre (Orvis) Allen, is not shown in
this picture.
In this remarkable family there are seven children, fifteen grand-children and one great-
grand-child — twenty-three direct descendants and no deaths.
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Children of Sally (Orvis) and Isaiah Anthony
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William5 — Gershom4 — Sally5
CHARLES ANTHONY6— Married (1) ( ? ) (Smith); (2) Emelia
(Crane).
CHESTER ANTHONY6— Married Mary ( ? ).
Children of Levi Lewis and Marianne Roxanna (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Marianne Roxanna"
ROGER ORVIS LEWIS6— Married Lucy Ann (Tripp). Died January 16,
1899.
Children of Loren Orvis and Elizabeth (Brooks)
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer* — Roger4 — Loren5
SILAS6— Born March 6, 1793. Married Sarah (Gregory).
Lived in Whitby, Ontario, P. Q.
Silas Orvis, son of Loren, taught school for four years at Ferrisburg, Vt. In June,
1821, he, with his brother, Eleazer, and one Nicholas Austin, went to Pickering, Ontario,
and bought farms, built log houses and then went back to Vergennes, Vt., for their fam-
ilies in February, 1822. They left Ferrisburg February 5, 1822, at six a. m., crossed an
ice bridge at Prescott and made the trip in five and one-half days to Pickering with a
one horse team and a yoke of oxen. The ox sleigh was covered with tin. His son, Loren,
was born on the 17th of the same month. The celebrated cane belonging to the Orvis
family was supposed to descend to the oldest son. After Loren's death, in whose pos-
session it then was, it was to go to Silas, his oldest son, but Silas was a Quaker and be-
lieving the cane was "the price of blood" would not accept it, as he did not believe in
war. His son, Eleazer, died one week before his son, Eleazer, Jr., was born, and to the
latter the cane was given.
ELIZABETH6— Bom July 5, 1795. Married George Chamberlain.
Lived in St. Lawrence County, N. Y.
ELEAZER BROOKS6— Born August 24, 1797, near Bristol, Vermont. Mar-
ried Elizabeth (Austin) in 1824 or 1825 at Ferrisburg, Vermont.
Was a farmer in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Also resided at Pickering, Ontario.
He was buried in the Friends' Cemetery at Pickering, Ontario.
Elizabeth Austin was sister of Nicholas Austin, who married Harriet Orvis. This
was the second daughter named Harriet; the first having died young.
HARRIET6— Born February 16, 1796. Died in infancy.
PHEBE6— Born October 21, 1801. Married Samuel Eastman and lived in
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
HARRIET"— Bom September 13, 1799. Married Nicholas Austin, of Whit-
by, Ontario, Canada.
Lived in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
Nicholas Austin was brother of Elizabeth Austin, who married Eleazer Brooks Orvis.
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Children of Loren Orvis and Lilies (Brown), Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David5 — Eleazer' — Roger* — Loren5
ABRAHAM"— Born July 19, 1808, at Ferrisburg, Vt. Died July 22, 1874,
in Dixon, 111. Married May 24, 1839, Deborah Smith (Keese), who
was born November 25, 1811, at Peree, N. Y., and died November,
1899, at Dixon, 111.
ISAAC6— Born December 28, 1809, at Ferrisburg, Vt. Died in Milwaukee,
Wis., in 1894. Married Gulielma (Dean) September 7, 1831.
Was a farmer and miller. Resided at Whitby, Ontario., Oakfield, Wis. (1847), In-
dianapolis, Ind., and in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1890. Was buried in Oakfield, Wis.
JACOB"— Born April 6, 1811. Died March 9, 1895. Married (1) June 6,
1833, Caroline (Wheeler), who was born July 18, 1814, and died
January 8, 1861. Married (2) Mrs. DeWitt, of Chittenango.
Lived at Baldwinsville, N. Y. He was a salesman. Was buried at Baldwinsville,
N. Y. Lived in Michigan in 1889.
CLARISSA DEBORAH"— Born November 25, 1812. Married John Tobias.
Son: Dr. Joseph Tobias.
LORENZO8— Born November 12, 1814. Married (1) Phebe (Keese). Mar-
ried (2) Mary (Hitt).
Lived at Ferrisburg, Vt., and Vergennes.
JOHN"— Bom August 17, 1816, at Ferrisburg, Vt. Died April 13, 1897.
Married December 24, 1846, Marianna (Dwight) at Brook Farm,
West Roxbury, Mass, who died December 12, 1901.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. William Henry Channing, a nephew of Will-
iam Ellery Channing. Both John and Mary were devoted members of the Brook Farm
Association from the time they joined it until the end. He lived the rest of his life at
Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. Lived at Ferrisburg during boyhood. Was at Oberlin
College for a while. He was an anti-slavery lecturer. In life insurance business and
manufactured sewing machines, but his life work was in "Social Problems and Reform."
Both are buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. He visited England in 1865-6.
JAMES"— Born August 15, 1818, in Addison County, Vt. Died September
21, 1886. Married April 17, 1852, Julia M. (Lawrence), of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., who was born December 4, 1830, and died February
20, 1886.
He was a farmer and lived in Oakfield, Wis., and both are buried there.
MYRON"— Born January 26, 1823. Married Ruth (Jennison).
Lived in Ferrisburg, Vergennes and Shoreham, Vt.
LILLIS" — Married James Denton.
Children of Philander Orvis and Phebe (Chase)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David1 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Philander'
SARAH"— Died before 1890.
JOSHUA"— Married Eliza (Hill).
Descendants live in Bristol and South Starkesboro, Vt.
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Children of Philander Orvis and Phebe (Chase) continued
MARY" — Married Paige Morrison and died before 1890.
Had daughter Phebe Maria, who married A. W. Peet. Lived at Burlington, Vt. He
had a daughter, Minnie P. Peet, who married ( ? ) Lawrence. Was killed in
railroad accident.
JOEL6 — Married Lois B. Lamas March 6, 1833, who was born in Monkton
November 16, 1816, and died August 17, 1884.
He represented the town of Lincoln, Vt., in 1862-3. Was Selectman for several
years and Justice of the Peace for fifteen years. Also held other minor offices.
Lois B. Lamas' father died when she was very young' and her mother married
( ? ) Sargent. Lois was frequently called Lois B. Sargent.
Children of Ambrose Orvis Jr. and Mary (Moore)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William1 — Ambrose. Sr.< — Ambrose. Jr.5
URANIA6— Born August 15, 1814, at Springfield, N. Y. Died May 23, 1841.
Married June 25, 1837, Ryland Parke.
Children: Wallace and Helen.
WILLIAM B.6— Born January 2, 1817, at Springfield, N. Y. Died January
17, 1819.
ANDREW MOORE6— Born July 9, 1819, in China, N. Y. Died December
21, 1895, at Chicago, 111. Married October 11, 1840, Caroline
(Kibbe).
He crossed the plains to California in '49. The story of his hardships and priva-
tions and adventures is as inleresting as the Arabian Nights.
AMBROSE CURTIS6— Born January 8, 1822, at China, N. Y. Died July 22,
1894, at Milford, Mich. Married October 8, 1849, Priscilla (Caroth-
ers), who was born in Sodus, N. Y., June 17, 1829, and was living in
1911.
He was a banker and was killed by the cars in Milford, Mich. Resided at Lyon
and Milford, Mich. Priscilla lived with her son, Frank A., after the death of Ambrose C.
JAMES CHRISTOPHER6— Born May 21, 1824, at China, N. Y. Died May
25, 1899, at Maywood, 111. Married May 27, 1846, Susan Mills (Nor-
ton), who was born at Palmyra, N. Y., September 17, 1829.
He lived at Maywood, Illinois. He owned the snare drum of Ambrose (1) and
=ays in a letter of March 18, 1897:
"This snare drug I played when Wm. Henry Harrison was elected— 'Old Tippecanoe
and Tyler too' — I have played the drum at every Presidential election and Fourth of
July since and intend to as long as I live." (See letter in notes.)
WILLIAM SYLVESTER6— Born February 20, 1827, at China, N. Y. Died
May 18, 1892, at Markesan, Green Lake County, Wis. Married Jan-
uary 22, 1846, Sally (Graham) , at Milford, Mich.
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Children of Ambrose Orvis, Jr. and Mary (Moore) continued
ELIZABETH6— Born August 2, 1829, at China, N. Y. Died September 2,
1858, at Berlin, Mich. Married February 22, 1852, Silas P. Davis.
Children: Mary Davis, died in infancy; Phoebe Davis, and another daughter, both
lived in New York State.
MARY"— Born April 10, 1832, at China, N. Y. Died April 15, 1835.
JAMES CHRISTOPHER ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — Ambrose. Sr.1 — Ambrose, Jr.1
— James Christopher8
Children of Samuel Orvis and Sally (Sage)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David: — Eleazer' — Roger* — Samuel5
ELIAS— Born May 11, 1801, at Norfolk, Conn. Died September 8, 1842,
in Cleveland, Ohio. Married December 1, 1830, Eunice (Anderson),
who was born in Denmark, Lewis County, N. Y., April 1, 1810, and
died May 14, 1885, at Waukeshaw, Wis.
After the death of Elias, Eunice, his widow, married Daniel Carpenter at Cleve-
land, Ohio. He died November 13, 1876, at Union Bend, Indiana.
MARIANDA6— Born May 11, 1807. Married Levi R. Stoddard.
Lived in Copenhagen, N. Y.
Had five sons and three daughters, one of whom married M. Long, of Copenhagen
N. Y.
SALLY"— Bom May 3, 1804. Died 1865 ; unmarried.
Was an invalid.
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Children of Samuel Orvis and Sally (Sage) continued
SAMUEL'— Born December 5, 1812. Died September 14, 1850, in Poult-
ney, N. Y. Married Mercy (Clark).
Was a Methodist minister — Black River Conference. He fought under Gen. Harri-
son at Tippecanoe.
FANNIE"— Born February 20, 1811. Married Silas Chapman.
Lived and died at Copenhagen, N. Y. Had a daughter, who lived at Copenhagen,
N. Y.
BETSEY6— Born March 31, 1820. Died in 1896. Married J. J. Goodenough.
Had a son, George O. Goodenough.
ALMIRA— Born April 27, 1816. Died 1893. Married (—
broklin.
Lived in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y.
-) Van-
SIMEOX VICTOR ORVIS
DIREXY (CAMPBELL) ORVIS
Children of Simeon Victor Orvis and Direxy (Campbell)
Hale Line: George"— Samuel'— Samuel2— William3— WaitstiU'— Simeon Victor*
LESTINA D.6— Born August 6, 1824, at Marlboro, Vt. Died January 11,
1906 at Decatur, Mich. Married November 28, 1849, Charles B.
Worden at Brattleboro, Vt. He died October 17, 1898, at Alden,
111.
They moved to Illinois in 1855. Both are buried at Alden, McHenry Co., 111.
This family of ten sisters and five brother all except four lived to ripe old age.
Eight of the sisters were school teachers, some were also music teachers. All were left
widows; none being married twice.
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Children of Simeon Victor Orvis and Direxy (Campbell) continued
LEVINA — Bom 1826 at Brattleboro, Vt.
boro, Vt.
Died when 6 years old at Marl-
EMERANCY CLIMENA'— Born November 9, 1827, at Marlboro, Vt. Died
May 8, 1908. Married William Augustus Reading, who was born
September 12, 1822, at Hackettstown, N. J., and died December 5,
1897, at Spring Grove, McHenry County, 111.
FANNIE ELIZABETH0 ("Betsey")— Born September 4, 1829, at Brattle-
boro, Vt. Died January 11, 1916, at Indianapolis, Ind. Married
September 6, 1865, William Bradshaw at Green Castle., Ind., who
died October 8, 1880, at Philo, 111.
Fannie Elizabeth was educated at Lake Champlain, N. Y. Began teaching school in
1850 at Brandon, N. Y., her first teacher's certificate being issued by Iona M. Orvis, at
that time County Superintendent of Schools at Brandon. Came to Linden, Indiana in
1852, teaching until 1854, going to Crawfordsville, Indiana, teaching in the city schools.
In 1860 went to Green Castle, Indiana, continued teaching until September 6, 1865, when
she was united in marriage to William Bradshaw, a veteran of the Civil War, having
served with Company I, 115th Infantry, Volunteers of Green Castle, Indiana. Shortly
after their marriage, they settled on a farm at Philo, 111., where death claimed her hus-
band on October 8, 1880, by pneumonia. Both were devoted members of the Presby-
terian Church. In 1888 she moved to Urbana, 111., where she resided until May, 1910,
moving to Indianapolis, Ind., and residing there until death claimed her January 11,
1916, at the age of eighty-six years and four months. She and her husband lie side by
side in the Brick Chapel Cemetery six miles north of Green Castle, Ind. Surviving her
is one daughter, Alice Bradshaw, boi-n November 12, 1869, at Philo, 111., receiving her
education at the Philo public schools until 1888, having removed to Urbana, 111., where
she entered High School, graduating June, 1890. Later attended the State University
of Illinois. August 10, 1893, was united in marriage to Samuel J. Poucher, of Delevan,
111. Remained in Urbana, 111., until May, 1910, when they removed to Indianapolis, Ind.,
their present home.
Also surviving are two grand-children: Mabelle Elizabeth Poucher, born April 27,
1894, at Urbana, 111., and Samuel Francis Poucher, born April 2, 1910, at Urbana, 111.,
now residing at Indianapolis, Ind.
April, 1913, Mabelle Elizabeth Poucher was married to Joseph Malia, of Indian-
ipolis, Ind. To this union two children were born: Mary Louise Malia, born February
10, 1918, and Joseph Hugh Malia, born April 26, 1921.
DURANCY REBECCAH'— Born November 22, 1831, at Brattleboro, Vt.
Died Saturday, January 7, 1922, at Union City, Ind. Married Feb-
ruary 15, 1855, William McFeeley, of Crawfordsville, Ind., who
was born at Burlington, Ohio, April 19, 1828, and died June 17,
SNAP SHOT OF DURANCY REBECCAH TAKEN SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill* — Simeon Victor8
Durancy Rebeccah6
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Children of Simeon Victor Orvis and Direxy (Campbell) continued
He served in the Civil War in the 9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery. Discharged
May 13, 1865. He died of cancer at Union City, Ind., on the Ohio side.
He was a blacksmith and miller by trade and stood six feet "in his stockings."
She joined the Church of Christ at Pottsdam, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., in 1850
and was a consistent member for seventy-two years. She moved to Union City, Ind.,
July 10, 1S67, and lived on Ward Street until four years before her death, when she
went to reside with her grand-daughter, Mrs. John Henry Griffith. She was an invalid
for several years, totally blind and unable to walk, but was always cheerful and was
rational and active in mind up to the last moment. She had been a school teacher in
Union City and knew its history well, having moved there when it contained only a few
houses.
Mellie Griffith says her middle name was Rebeccah, but Mrs. S. V. Davis, her sister,
says it was Ruth.
ANNETTE SOPHIA"— Bom September 16, 1833, at Marlboro, Vt. Married
Rev. Reuben Reed at Champaign, 111., who died June 29, 1895, at
Chanute, Kans.
Rev. Reed was a soldier in Civil War.
JANNETTE MARIA6— Born September 16, 1833, at Marlboro, Vt. Died
February 14, 1906, at Sycamore, 111. Married at Champaign, 111.,
Aaron McKinney, who died April 3, 1902, at Chanute, Kans.
McKinney was a soldier in Civil War.
Annette and Jannette were twins. Jannette was burned to death.
JOHN MILLS6— Born December 9, 1835, at Brattleboro, Vt. Married Octo-
ber 26, 1858, at Waddington, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Arietta C.
Northrup, who died May 6, 1911.
He is a prominent business man of Des Moines, Iowa; Senior Warden of the
Episcopal Church, a "Stand Pat" Republican, and member of S. A. R.
CHARLES H.G— Bom September 24, 1838, at Brookline, Vt. Died April
16, 1862.
He enlisted in August, 1861, in the Civil War and was immediately mustered into
service in Company E, 1st Wisconsin Infantry and was sent to the Southland. He was
not killed in battle, but died of pneumonia after being in the service about seven months,
and was buried by his comrades by the light of the moon, at Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee.
A seven-foot shaft to his memory stands in the cemetery at Oskaloosa, Iowa, erected
by his loving mother. This was the same regiment in which John Jay served.
SAMUEL LEVI5— Born January 1, 1840, at Brooklin, Vt. Died February
31, 1921. Married November 4, 1866, Levina (Sanborn), at Wilmot,
Kenosha County, Wis. Levina died May 10, 1918.
He enlisted in the Civil War during the summer of 1861. Served in the 1st Wis-
consin Cavalry until the end of the war. He was Regimental Commissary Sergeant.
Assisted in the capture of Jefferson Davis and received honorable mention from Presi-
dent Lincoln. He fought in the battles of Kenesaw Mountains and Lookout Mountains,
as well as in other engagements during his three and one-half year service.
All of his seven children were born in the Township of Richmond, McHenry County,
111. In 1883, they moved to Burton Township and always lived in the vicinity of Spring
Grove, 111.
He was a strong man. He was always a friend of the weak and helpless and be-
lieved in a good education, which he assisted others in obtaining.
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Children of Simeon Victor Orvis and Direxy (Campbell) continued
JOHN MILLS ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor5 — John Mills
ARLETTA C. (NORTHRUP), WIFE OF JOHN MILLS ORVIS
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Children of Simeon Victor Orvis and Direxy (Campbell) continued
MELVIN M.B— Born March 18, 1843, at Bangor, N. Y. Died March 9, 1884,
at Fredonia, Kans. Married Gertrude (Sawyer), who died June 6,
1898, at Fredonia, Kans.
Was a government surveyor. Also a soldier in Civil War, 153d Illinois Infantry.
EMMA A.'— Born March 12, 1845, at Bangor, N. Y. Died at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, December 8, 1918.
Lived at Humboldt, Kansas.
ALTA L.c— Born March 9, 1847, at Bangor, N. Y. Died January 26, 1901,
at Denver, Colo. Married June 18, 1877, Jesse Merrill, at Oska-
loosa, Iowa, who died at Denver, Colo., March 3, 1900.
Both are buried at Akron, Colorado.
GEORGE Q.6— Bom June 26, 1850, at Bangor, N. Y. Died December 12,
1897, at Seymour, Ind. Married January 28, 1877 at Jeffersonville,
Ind., Elizabeth (Koons), who died June 9, 1901, at Seymour, Ind.
He was a physician and noted specialist of eye, ear and throat.
Both are buried at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
STELLA VIOLA5— Born September 2, 1852, at Bangor, N. Y. Married
July 12, 1877, at Beacon, Mahaska County, Iowa, Franklin B. Davis,
who was born February 6, 1852, near Mendon, Ohio, and died Janu-
ary 28, 1910, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Murlin) Davis.
Franklin B. Davis was buried in Forest Cemetery. Stella V. Davis now lives at
Des Moines, Iowa.
STELLA VIOLA (ORVIS) DAVIS
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — SamueP — William3 — Waistill1 — Simeon Victor1— Stella Viola"
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of John Mills Orvis and Anna (Larahee)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — SamueP — William' — Waitstill* — John Mills1
CHARLES WAITSTILL6— Bom November 19, 1816, at Brattleboro, Vt.
Died at Salem, Wis., November 17, 1882. Married Bethia (Selleck),
who was bom at Brockville, Canada, April 30, 1826, and died March
31, 1915, at Salem, Wis.
Buried in Liberty Cemetery. See notes, Sixth Generation.
MARY8— Married Charles Curtis.
Lived at Silver Lake, Wis. Children: Anna L.; Walter Mills; Mary B.; Grace.
ELIZA'— Married Captain John L. Tuttle.
He was a captain on the Great Lakes for many years; later settled and ran a sum-
mer resort at Camp Lake, Wis. Both lived to advanced age.
JANE' — Married John Osgood.
They lived in Salem and later moved to Delmar, Iowa. She lived to advanced age.
Children: Mary, married ( ? ) Clifford; Anna, married ( ? ) Roberts;
Eliza.
Children of Uriel Hawley Orvis and Laura Lines (Emerson)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David2 — Eleazer' — David* — Uriel Hawley5
URIEL8— Died in childhood.
DAVID*
LAURA5— Married Joseph Clary, of Massena, N. Y.
SAMUEL6— Died in early childhood.
FRANCIS"
WILLIAM6— Died in early childhood.
JOSEPH EMERSON6— Married (1) Eugenia Candice (Fuller) ; (2) Alice
Caroline (Stevens).
Children of Gad Orvis and Sarah (Kimball)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer' — David' — Gad'
NANCY BOYNTON" — Married November 18, 1860, William Washington
Kimball.
He was her cousin; did reside in Arlington, Mass., and was a prosperous business
man, being president of the Fourth National Bank of Boston. He had a son, Frank
Orvis Kimball.
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Children of Gad Orvis and Sarah (Kimball) continued
HELEN6— Married Orren Robinson.
EMILY3 — Married Lucius Kimball, of Arlington, Mass.
FRANCES AUGUSTA5— Born August 13, 1834, at Wethersfield, Vt. Died
May 18, 1878, in Chicago. Married Thomas A. Driver.
MARIAN8 — Married Freeman Fisher.
Like all the other children of Gad, they settled near Boston, Mass.
CATHERINE GREENE5— Married John P. Squire, of Boston.
He had a son, Frank Orvis Squire.
Children of Timothy Butler Orvis and Rachel (Harding)
Hale Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer* — Joseph4 — Timothy Butler'
JAMES RILEY"— Born May 21, 1820, at Columbia Flats, Pa. Died May 26,
1910, at Fayette, Iowa. Married October 28, 1850, at Pompey Hill,
N. Y., Lucy (Heath), who was born September 12, 1829, at Fritten-
den, Kent County, England, and died December 9, 1907, at Fayette,
Iowa.
His mother being of Scotch descent, he belonged to the Presbyterian Church. In
1844, he began teaching penmanship in New York. In 1846, he studied portrait paint-
ing in New York City. From a professor in Yale College, he learned the then new
process of Deguerrotyping and from him also obtained an insight into chemistry. In
1850, he married as above and as a wedding tour they traveled over the State of New
York in a photograph van, making portraits. As the art of photography developed, he
mastered the processes of Ferrotype, Ambrotype, Porcelain Work and lastly the Photo-
graph. In the late fifties he sold his car and moved to Belvidere, 111., and then to Rock-
ford, 111., Springfield, 111., and other points. He traveled through this and adjoining
states, instructing photographers who were having trouble with their plates. In March,
1870, he located in Fayette, Iowa, and at that time was the best photographer in the
state. There was no laboratory at that time in the Upper Iowa University and the
president, McLean, would bring the students of his chemistry class one day each week
to the gallary of Mr. Orvis to get his help in experimenting. He was a prominent Mason
and held several offices in the local lodge. He died just four days after his ninetieth
birthday. . Buried in Grand View Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa. He was an enthusiastic
genealogist and helped collect much of the history of the Orvis family. He was the
oldest living photographer in 1910.
SAMUEL HARDING6— Born January 5, 1823, at Peeble, Onondaga County,
N. Y. Died June 25, 1905. Married February 12, 1851, at Hamilton,
N. Y„ Lucy Ann (Eddy), who died September 6, 1892, and he mar-
ried (2) Edna ( ? ).
His second wife was a cousin of his first wife.
JOSEPH M.'— Bom March 7, 1825, at Geddisburg, Onondaga County, N.
Y. Died about Christmas time, 1900, at Santa Anna, Cal. Mar-
ried Amanda Malvina F. (Sage), near Belvidere, 111., who died in
California.
Lived in De Luz, San Diego Co., Cal.
MARY ELLEN5— Born June 7, 1827, at Prattsburg, Steuben County, N. Y.
Died June 3, 1847, at Georgetown, N. Y.
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Children of Timothy Butler Orvis and Rachel (Harding) continued
HELEN8— Born January 13, 1830, at Prattsburg, N. Y. Died June 22, 1847,
at Georgetown, N. Y.
TIMOTHY BUTLER, JR.6— Born May 1, 1832, at Sullivan, Tioga County,
Pa. Died May 15, 1880, unmarried at Westminster, Cal.
Was a miner of Santa Anna, Cal. Had a silver and lead mine.
SERENO NORTON6— Born August 18, 1834, at Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa.
Died February 22, 1884, at Sumner, Iowa. Married March, 1871, at
Sumner, Iowa, Annie (Lowe), who was born in White Water, Wis-
consin, April 12, 1850, and died May 7, 1906, at Sumner, Iowa.
CORNELIA8— Born June 22, 1837, at Sullivan, Pa. Married Oliver Potter
at Flora, near Belvidere, 111., about 1857.
Both died at Covina, Cal., or Los Angeles, Cal.
WILLIAM HENRY6— Born June 17, 1840, at Smyrna, N. Y. Died June 18,
1841.
GERTRUDE LOVERNA6— Born February 22, 1843, at Georgetown, Madi-
son County, N. Y. Married March 28, 1867, at Sumner, Iowa, Miron
Congdon, of that place.
They desided in 1914 at Los Angeles, Cal., and did live at Sumner, Iowa.
Children of William Riley Orvis and Lydia Lucretia (Parker)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David1 — Eleazer' — Joseph4 — WillUm Riley'
LUCY A.6— Born March 19, 1825. Married (1) Richard J. Quinlan; (2)
Joseph W. Mertz, of Boon, Iowa, who was born May 10, 1813.
Two sons and one daughter by first marriage.
JOHN6— Married ( ? ) .
Soldier in Civil War.
One son and one daughter. He died in the Soldiers' Home.
CHARLES"— Born at Otselic, N. Y.
Soldier in Civil War. A prisoner in Andersonville and Libbey Prisons. Lived in
Missouri. A minister and a farmer. Was twice married. His son was also an M. E.
minister in West Plains, Mo.
ALBERT or ALBURTUS"
A soldier in Civil War. Died in Manchester Soldiers' Home. Did live at Banks,
Iowa. Was married. Also lived in Olewain, Iowa.
JANE"— Married Ezra Cook. Died November, 1888.
One daughter.
CHARLOTTE A.6— Died September, 1895. Married December 3, 1879, in
Fayette, Iowa, William T. Wade, of Sumner, Iowa, who was born
December 27, 1818, in Elizabeth, N. J.
Wade was a farmer at Banks, Iowa.
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Children of William Riley Orvis and Lydia Lucretia (Parker) continued
SAMUEL PARKER6— Married (1) Eva (Bent); (2) Alice (Goddard),
who died in 1906 or 1907.
Lived at Banks, Iowa. Nina, daughter of Eva and Samuel, married William Stier.
By second marriage there were three children: Lulla, Nellie and Mabel.
SON6— Name not known.
DAUGHTER"— Name not known.
Children of Lovisa (Orvis) and Sherman Decker
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer" — Joseph1 — Lovisa8
URI DECKER8— Married ( ? ).
Had three children: Charles, Mary and Frederick. Lived at Springfield, 111., and
later in California.
ELIZA DECKER"
Children of Joseph Orvis (2) and Nancy (Atwater)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer' — Joseph, Sr.' — Joseph, Jr."
ORSON"— Married ( ? ). Died in Kansas about 1885.
Lived in Belvidere, Boon County, 111. Had one daughter.
S. ALONZO"— Born December 12, 1815, in Bradford County, Pa. Married
Fanny (Hill), of Prattsburg, N. Y.
He was a lawyer in Shell Rock, Iowa, for many years, and died there about 1888.
Also lived in Belvidere, Boon County, 111.
REUBEN HARLOW"— Born in Litchfield County, Conn., April 7, 1813.
Married Sara Elizabeth (La Due), who was born in Chatauqua
County, N. Y.
Both died in Marion, Ohio, he in his 90th year and she in her 80th. Both buried
there. He was a farmer and stock breeder.
LORENZO"
Died of yellow fever in New Orleans leaving three sons: Joseph, William and
Herman.
SARAH6— Died in 1831.
FANNY"
LAURA"— Married ( ? ) La Due.
Address was: Four Mile Post Office, Fond-du-Lac County, Wis., in 1890. Had a
son living in State of Washington.
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SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Samuel Orvis and Elizabeth (Wooley)
Male Line : George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William5 — Oliver4 — Samuel1
WILLARD — Bom 1809 in Halifax, Vt. Died in the winter of 1843-4 at
Monroe, Mich. Married in 1830 at Pittsford, N. Y., Elizabeth
(Davis), daughter of Captain Benjamin and Ruth Davis.
JOSIAH STEBBINS0— Born 1811 at Halifax, Vt. Died 1853-4 at Manches-
ter, N. H. Married Mary ( ? ).
ANN"— Born 1813 at Halifax, Vt. Married ( ? ) Young.
Had a son and a daughter, Caroline Young.
Children of Polly (Orvis) and Elisha Mix
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Oliver4 — Polly (Orvis) Mix1
ARTIMESIA MIX"— Born June 6, 1805, at Locke, N. Y. Died November
2, 1880, at East Sharron, Pa. Married July 23, 1826, Rev. George
Washington Sherman, who was born February 11, 1805, at Rome,
N. Y., and died November 17 at East Sharron, N. Y.
SIXTH GENERATION— NOTES
Judge John Holden Orvis, of Bellefonte. Centre County, Pa., was for many
years recognized in Pennsylvania by the entire bar as unquestionably the ablest
land lawyer in the state, but he was at the same time a very able and all around lawyer,
almost irresistible in legal arguments because he was a natural lawyer as well as a
profound student of the law. The fact is he thought law and his conclusions, based
upon the elementary principles of human justice and rights, were necessarily correct.
tWcf
(l.iil.' II. V. LocliuiHxl A Co.) *
wholesale bEAusata in Sj.*rAi
Floor Cloths, Mattings, &c, i
257 RIVER STREET,
iford >'• Lock wood
Lock wood
REPRODUCTION OF AN OLD BUSINESS CARD— JOSEPH U. ORVIS ONE OF THE FIRM
It is said that Joseph U. Carried this card in his pocket for thirty years.
Mr. Orvis sold more than one-twentieth of the entire 7/30 U. S. Government
Loan in Civil War times, and disbursed $81,452,000 of the public money — a huge trust.
The largest sale of Government bonds made in one day — over $5,000,000 — was effected
by Mr. Orvis, and the largest sum ever paid over to the treasury at one time, $4,000,-
000 in greenbacks, he carried personally in a carriage. In May, 1865, his bank, the
9th National, held over $20,000,000 deposits, larger than ever before held by any bank.
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SIXTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
The query has often been made: "How did the name 'Mills' get into our family?"
The presumption is that it was married into it, but so far I have found no official record
of that fact, though I have written to several bearing that name, as: John Mills Orvis,
of Des Moines, Iowa, and John Mills Orvis, of Missoula, Montana, the latter having a
son of that name.
It is quite common for a wife to perpetuate her family name by giving one or more
of her children as a first or middle name that of her own family. Waitstill Orvis mar-
ried Elizabeth Church and now we have "Church" for a given name: Levi Church Orvis,
Edwin Church Orvis, etc. It is easy, therefore, to determine how "Church" became a
given name in our family and the facts are well known to many of us. It is not so
well known, however, that "Orvis" is a given name in the Church family. In May of
1914. the writer saw an obituary notice in a daily paper with that name. Upon writing
to the address given the following answer was received:
I was named after my father, who in turn was named after a minister in Northern
New York State, Doctor Samuel Orvis. This is about the only information that I can
give you on the subject. If I can give you any more, I shall be very glad to do so:
Very truly yours,
Middle name is "Orvis." SAMUEL 0. CHURCH.
Waukesha, Wis., August 1, 1877.
(Extract from local paper, above date.)
We observe some improvements and repairs on the place of Mr. S. E. Orvis, who,
with his family contemplate an Eastern trip, having leased their home on Main street
to Mr. D. H. Bullard. Mr. Orvis intends spending most of his absence in the counties
of Jefferson and Lewis, N. Y., where a large circle of relatives and friends reside. Not
the least among them, but a central object of veneration and esteem is Mr. Samuel
Orvis, Sr., now in his 100th year, who but a little over three years ago, followed to her
peaceful repose, the companion of his youth, in her 92d year. She was laid to rest be-
side four of the seven offsprings buried in the little ceremtery on the hill of Copenhagen,
Lewis County, N. Y. Among them is the Rev. Samuel Orvis, of Black River Conference
of M. E. Churches, who died 30 years ago.
Mr. Orvis intends visiting at Cleveland, Ohio, the scene of his last labors, and
death of his father, Elias Orvis, who was the first son of the above veterans to depart
from this life.
Only two sisters of theirs survive to cheer this old pioneer of New York. He was
born at Norfork, Conn., January 26, 1778, and is a great grand-son of Roger Orvis, who
for efficient service in defense of the Colonies of New England was presented with a
silver headed cane by the then reigning King of England. This cane bore a variety of
characteristic inscriptions in token of recognition of such service against such as King
Philip and his followers in the "Nutmeg State," when the Knights of the Tomahawk
and scalping-knife held absolute sway. Our venerable grandsire served in the war of
1812 and '13; he is still a resident of Champion, Jefferson County, N. Y.
Later: Died at his late residence January 14, 1878, Samuel Orvis, aged 99 years
11 months and 18 days. Deceased was born at Norfork, Conn. (Litchfield County), Jan-
uary 26, 1778. He was married in 1806, settled on the present above named farm in' 1814.
John Mills Orvis says:
I was born in Brattleboro, Vt., December 9, 1835. When three years old family
moved to Bangor, Franklin County, N. Y. When 12 years old I left home to live with
S. J. Dewey, a merchant in Waddington, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. This man pur-
chased dry goods from Lockwood and Orvis in Troy. Joseph U. Orvis was of this firm.
He got the place for me. I was there with him 8 years. After lived in Ogdensburgh,
where I was when married to Arietta C. Northrup, October 26, 1858. She died in Des
Moines May 6, 1911; is buried in my lot as father is.
In fall of 1866 we moved from Waddington, N. Y., to Oskaloosa, Iowa. In Septem-
ber, 1883, moved to Des Moines, Iowa.
I have spent my life in mercantile business and now have a stock of goods in my
own store room in the suburbs of this city, formerly called North Des Moines, now
united into one city. I have lived to see the wonderful improvements in all branches
made in the United States — railroads first built in 1833 — the balance built in my time.
I have been a close student of my business and not much of a traveler. Not much time
spent visiting with relatives, therefore not well known by them. I had a good wife
we enjoyed local friends and had a goodly number wherever we lived. I lived from the
parental home from 12 years old; paddled by own canoe. I have made and saved money
enough to have given my wife all necessary care as an invalid for about 7 years and
have enough to provide for my independence, all of which is a great satisfaction to me
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SIXTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
A tribute to Bethiah (Selleck) Orvis, from The Waterford Post:
Back in the scroll of time almost one hundred years, only three and a third cen-
turies after Christopher Columbus caught his first glimpse of the new world one hun-
dred ninetv-six years after the Mayflower landed, just after John Quincy Adams took
the oath of office of President of the United States, less than half a century after the
^•reat liberty b^ll rang out our independence, long before the war with Mexico and long,
fong before" the great armed conflict between the blue and the grey, on the busy com-
mercial highway leading nast the great Canadian cities, Quebec and Montreal, at the
little town of Prescott, overlooking the charming thousand islands placed like jewels
in the majestic St. Lawrence where Ireland's sweet poet, Thomas Moore, wrote:
"Faintly as tolls the evening chime,
Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time."
"Utawas' tide! this trembling moon
Shall see us float over thy surges soon.
Saint of this green isle! hear our prayers,
Oh! grant us cool heavens and favoring airs,
Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's past" —
in her ancestral dwelling — still standing — there was born on April 30, 1826, Bethiah
Selleck Orvis. Her mother, Eliza, first married Alson Benedict at Hubbardtown, Vt.,
and after his weath, Ira Selleck. .
There were eleven children in both families, all of whom were remembered in her
last hours here, she stating that she was the "Last Mohican," "The Last Leaf," having
long outlived the others.
In early days her parents moved to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and later in the territorial
days when the now great and matchless state of Wisconsin was forming, she came with
her sister Eliza (Mrs. Albert Barber) to Salem, Kenosha County. At that time there
were but five houses in the entire town. Her sister, Adelaide, came west later and
married James Van Wie, of Rockford, 111.
On January 24, 1856, she married Charles Waitstill Orvis, he having gone to Cali-
fornia with a yoke of oxen at the time of the great gold discovery. He was born Novem-
ber IS, 1816, at Brattleboro, Vt., and died at Salem November 12, 1882.
To them were born seven children, all living, viz.: John Mills Orvis, of Missoula,
Mont, (married Margaret Clowes, of Darien, Wisconsin; their children being Ethel L.
Reinhard, Helen Joy Orvis and John Mills Orvis).
Adelaide Mary Cooper, wife of Hugh Cooper, of Waterford, Wis.
Charles Seymour Orvis, of Hamilton, Mont, (married Ada Stevens Wells, of Joliet,
111).
Flora Bethiah Orvis, who remained her mother's constant and devoted companion,
caring for her lovingly and tenderly through all the years.
Harry Franklin Orvis, of Camp Lake, Wis. (married Jennie E. Hammond, of Bur-
lington, Wis., their children being Evelyn M., Lucile D., Verna B. and Charles Wesley).
Levi C. Orvis, who also remained with his mother on the old Center Lake farm
in Salem township.
Justin K. Orvis, formerly of Waukegan, now of Chicago, 111.
As a girl she was pretty, in old age beautiful; she was always thoughtful and gen-
erous; though of slight build, she was wonderfully strong and active; her eyes were
bright and shone with a light "that was never seen on land or sea," the light that never
dies. Life left her as gently and peacefully as she had lived, passing out in her old
home at Camp Lake farm, March 31, 1915, like one who lies down to pleasant dreams.
She had many, many friends, possessed a wonderful memory, loved animals, flowers,
birds, humanity and music; was endowed with a rich and beautiful alto voice.
She did her part and more in helping to build up the country; like all other brave
pioneers who carved their homes from the forest, she left a monument to her and their
memory more useful and lasting than granite shaft or radiant marble, in the shape
of a greater civilization, schools and other advantages denied to them, but since the
heritage of later generations. It is not their lot "just to be known and then forgot";
her and their influence is a reality that never passes into oblivion, but is a power forever
exerting good that will last as long as springs gush, rills sing, rivers flow and flowers
bloom, till time shall be no more.
Though bound in no creed or dogma, she was deeply religious in the broader sense,
recognizing in man his superiority and excellence, with no bounds for the soul's prog-
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SIXTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
ress she ever searched for the greater light that leads onward and upward a complete
unity with God as a universal spirit in all nature and not as a separate entity or being;
that great light she more and more approximated as the years rolled on.
"As wider skies broke on her view,
God greatened in her growing mind:
Each year she dreamed her God anew.
And left her older God behind.
She saw the boundless scheme dilate
In star and blossom, sky and clod;
And as the universe grew great
She dreamed for it a greater God."
Ever a searcher for truth she learned to understand that "there is no death, the
stars go down to shine upon some fairer shore, and bright in heaven's jeweled crown
they shine forever more."
Her relatives and friends saw her for the last time in the beautiful, old-fashion tan
silk dress she sweetly worn when almost sixty years ago she donned it as a bride.
Liberty cemetery, where rest the ashes of her parents and husband, claimed the
earthly temple of her soul on Golden Easter day, like that other Easter whose lambiant
dawn opened on Him who prayed in Gethsemane and trod the Galileean shore, wherein
he proved to the world that perfect love conquers all things.
On this Easter day, the resurrection of the year, a symbol and foregleam of the
resurrection of her great and loving soul, amid a multitude of those who loved her and
beneath a wilderness of flowers her ashes were tenderly laid away in the bosom of the
earth she loved so well.
It is fitting that the wasted temple of her whose soul was love and beauty and
harmony and music should find its resting place as the buds were bursting into new
life amid the beauties and symphonies of the opening year.
To her let us not say "good night," but turn our eyes to the breaking dawn.
Edward Church Orvis, in a letter to Justin K. Orvis, dated Manchester, Vt., Januarv
24, 1911, says:
John Mills Orvis was born in Hinsdale (which, by the way, is in New Hampshire,
just across the Connecticut River from Brattleboro). Perhaps Waitstill at one time
lived in Hinsdale or possibly the Churches lived there and your grandfather was born
there, the same as the writer was born in Whitinsville, Mass., where his grandparents
on his mother's side lived — while his father's mother lived here at Manchester. You
undoubtedly have E. W. Orvis' book or genealogy for you seem to have some of the
same data. Perhaps you have E. E. Orvis' book as well. I have both and want a copy
of the one Mr. Rhamy is getting up when issued.
Waitstill Orvis was what was then called an "Esquire of the Peace" and was known
as Squire Orvis and was more than an ordinary man. The old Town Clerk in Brattle-
boro (Mr. Newton) told me two or three years ago that he remembered Waitstill when
he, Newton, was a small boy and that he was a .good deal of a man and well thought
of by people of Brattleboro. I found his stone in the West Brattleboro Cemetery as
well as his wife's, Elizabeth Church and his mother, Elizabeth, relict of William. I
have his old "Vermont Statutes" published about 1800 and with his name, presumably
written by himself in it. I also have some letters he and his wife wrote to my grand-
father, L. C. 0. I have some of the commissions of Levi C. Orvis as postmaster at
Manchester and as Ensign and Lieutenant and as Major and Aide on General Roberts'
staff in the Vermont Militia. Levi Church Orvis died of cholera in Philadelphia in 1849
before the days of railroads. He used to like to travel in stage coach times on F'riday
as there was more room that day.
He kept a general store and was postmaster and dealt in marble, which was largely
shipped to Philadelphia via wagon to Troy, N. Y. My father was Franklin Henry Orvis,
born July 12, 1824, and married Sarah Maria Whitin, of Whitinsville, Mass., November
17, 1852, and had six sons. All of us boys except Louis (and in a way I may say he has
too), have been connected with father in the hotel business — Equinox House, Manches-
ter; Spingler House, New York City; St. James Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida,' in 1872-3-
Putnam House, Palatka, Florida, 1875 to 1884 inclusive; Windsor Hotel, Jacksonville'
Florida, 1880 to 1891, and self and W. F. 0. had the New Putnam, Palatka, Florida'
1889 to 1891, and after father's death I ran the Equinox as manager for the family till
spring of 1909. My brother, George, bought the others out and is now the practical
owner, though it was incorporated in 1902 as Equinox Company. The Equinox House
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SIXTH GENERATION— NOTES (Continued)
was started in a small way in 1853 and we have all the registers from 1854 to the
present day. It has always been a prominent summer resort and the registers are full
of names of old New York families (both city and state). It is now one of the prin-
cipal stopping places on the Ideal Tour for automobiles, and where the business used
to be largely permanent now more than half the travel is transient and autos fill the
street at all times of the day. The arrivals and departures run 50 to over 100 per day
all summer and hotel can accommodate 250 or 275 and last summer had over 300 during
the rush. Manchester has become the center of summer golf from having the links of
the Ekwanok Country Club's finest summer resort golf links in the U. S. and patronized
by all the crack players.
In looking around last night I found a copy of the Waitstill Orvis family Bible
record sent to my father by Mary Orvis Curtis, of Silverlake, Wis. (she was a daughter
of John Orvis), and it says all of Waitstill's children except Simeon and Levi were
born in Hinsdale, Vt., now Hinsdale is in New Hampshire, but there was a time when
Vermont (an independent state then) annexed part of New Hampshire and part of New
York (that is, broadened out at the south end), and with the consent of those living in
that part of New Hampshire and New York. It must have been during the time that
Hinsdale was a part of Vermont that those children were born. I also looked in the
roll of Vermont soldiers in the Revolutionary War when I went to our library yesterday
afternoon and found in Capt. Blakeslee's company, Weightstill Orvis, an Ensign in the
company. Spelled differently, but undoubtedly the same man. He, himself, spelled it
Waitstill.
F. H. Orvis was Senator from Bennington County in 1868 and 1869 and again in
1892 and 1893.
Paul W. Orvis. represented the town of Manchester in the Legislature of 1894-95.
Edward C. (self) represented town 1890-91, and was Senator 1908-09 (we have bi-
ennial sessions since 1870).
I have held all the town offices for the family, having been first selectman for six
or seven years back in the century passed, and since that time have been one of the
auditors of the town and since the village of Manchester was incorporated in 1900 have
been chairman of Board of Trustees with title of President of Village (rather high
sounding for a plain man) and am such at present time.
As Samuel and William are on the lists as having fought in Colonial Wars from
Northfield, Mass., there is a chance for our girls to join the Colonial Dames and boys the
Society of Colonial Wars, and if as the story goes, Elizabeth was a descendent of John
Church (Captain), who killed King Philip, the Indian, then on that line we go back
to Indian fighting and guess there have been some "Indians" among those of the Orvis
name. My father told me that an old sea captain came in to see him when he was in
business in New York and said there were lots of people named Orviss in the island of
Jersey and probably of Welsh parentage. I suppose you have heard of the cane given
some Orvis. I never saw the cane or anyone who has seen it and my father thought it
was a good story and that's all. I hope you can run across it.
Very truly,
E. C. ORVIS.
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79
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Edward Everett Orvis and Jane Eliza (Atwood)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse, Sr.1 — Jesse, Jr.15 — Edward Everett"
EDWARD— Died in infancy.
MARY1 — Died in infancy.
FRANCIS WAYLAND — Born October 12, 1855, at New London, Chester
County, Pa. Married January 1, 1884, at Lightstreet, Columbia
County, Pa., Emma Gertrude (Heacock), who was born September
30, 1855, at Benton, Columbia County, Pa., daughter of Samuel and
Susan (Winner) Heacock.
He served his time as a printer's "devil" in the Lock Haven, Pa., Democrat office;
spent five years at sea — "before the mast" — and before he was 20 years of age visited
some of the principal ports of Europe, Asia and North America, then settled down in
New York City in the printing business. He is the compiler of this book.
Printing plant was removed to Hackensack, N. J., in April, 1919.
He lives at 189 Stanley Place, Hackensack, N. J. Is a Democrat in politics and
socially; liberal in religion and a member of Adytum Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 640,
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
CAROLINE7— Died in childhood.
EMMA GERTRUDE (HEACOCK). WIFE OF FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS
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Children of Edward Everett Orvis and Jane Eliza (Atwood), continued
VIRGINIA KATE7— Born September 25, 1861, near Richmond, Va. Mar-
ried July 12, 1902, at Clearfield, Pa., Alexander Ross Mackenzie, who
was born June 23, 1864, at Wallace, Nova Scotia, son of John and
Isabella (Ross) MacKenzie.
Live at Washington, D. C. He is a doctor.
At the time of marriage to Dr. MacKenzie there were two sons by a former mar-
riage, viz.: John Roy MacKenzie, born August 23, 1898; Henry Bentley MacKenzie, born
April 18, 1901.
Virginia Orvis MacKenzie also has a foster son, born September 30, 1911, who has
been called Maxwell MacKenzie.
JESSE LEE7— Born May 17, 1863, in Christiansburg, Va. Married Decem-
28, 1884, at Beech Creek, Pa., Charles Burlingame.
Residence, Atlanta, Ga. Did live at Elmira, N. Y., Winston-Salem, N. C, Greens-
boro, N. C., and Wilmington, N. C.
Was a skilled nurse and always in great demand.
JOSEPHINE —Died in childhood.
Children of Edward Everett Orvis and Anna Eliza (Bailey), Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David1 — Eleazer3 — Jesse, Sr.4 — Jesse, Jr.B — Edward Everett6
MARY IRENE7— Born December 1, 1871, at Benton, Columbia County, Pa.
A teacher in Mission Schools. Was at Monterey and on account of Mexican trou-
bles, removed to San Antonio, Texas. In 1918 she was sent to Buenos Aires, Argentine
Republic, to remain three years. Address, 1922, was 6100 Rivadivia, Buenos Aires,
Argentine Republic, S. A.
Children of John Holdcn Orvis and Caroline Elizabeth (Atwood)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David' — Eleazer3 — Jesse, Sr." — Jesse, Jr.5 — John Holden'
ELLIS LEWIS7— Born November 16, 1857, at Lock Haven, Pa. Married
December 25, 1884, at Belief onte, Pa., Mary Lowrie (Lyon), daugh-
ter of S. S. Lyon, Esq.
I was in error when I said on page 48 that Orviston, Pa., was named in honor
of John Holden Orvis. It was his son, Hon. Ellis L. Orvis, for whom it was named.
Entered State College of Pennsylvania in fall of 1872 and graduated with the degree
of B.A. in 1876. Subsequently received the degree of M.A. Was admitted to the bar
at Bellefonte, Pa., in 1880. He was, as was his father, President Judge of the 49th
Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
He studied law in his father's office at Bellefonte. Elected President Judge in 1905
for term expiring in 1915. Was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at
Indianapolis, Ind., in 1896, when Palmer and Buckner were nominated. Was a member
of the Christian Church; Trustee of Pennsylvania State College and Bellefonte Acad-
emy; member of Pennsylvania Society of New York; member of the National Geo-
graphical Society; Philobibilon Club of Philadelphia; President of the Fire Brick Com-
pany of Bellefonte and is Director of the American Telephone Company. Practiced
law in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa.
He was elected to a Constitutional Convention of the State of Pennsylvania; in
1916 was nominated by the Democratic party of Pennsylvania as candidate for United
Spates Senatorship; was president of the Hayes Run Fire Brick Company, the Centre
Brick and Clay Company, the Snow Shoe Fire Brick Company, and other brick plants.
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81
Children of John Holclen Orvis and Caroline Elizabeth (Atwood), continued
HON. ELLIS LEWIS ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse, Sr.4 — Jesse, Jr.5 — John Holden8
—Ellis Lewis7
WILLIAM ATWOOD7— Born October 28, 1859. Died in infancy, April 5,
1860.
JENNIE IRENE7— Born June 30, 1862. Married November 6, 1882, at
Bellefonte, Pa., Albert E. Canfield.
Did live at Wyncote, Montgomery County, Pa., and later at Bellefonte, Pa.
ANNA MARYT— Born January 23, 1866, at Bellefonte, Pa. Married May
7, 1891, at Bellefonte, Pa., Henry Keller, who was born December
22, 1866, at Washington, D. C, son of Daniel S. and Martha E. Keller.
He is an attorney at law and lives at Bellefonte, Pa.
CAROLINE ATWOOD7— Born July 3, 1871. Married June 9, 1908, Wilford
Cameron Stoddard, of Wyncote, Pa.
He is an iron manufacturer of Wyncote, Pa.
Children of Emerancy Climena (Orvis) and William Augustus Reading
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor1 —
Emerancy Climena"
SIMEON ALBERT READING7— Born November 28, 1864. Married (1)
Aletha (Collins) August 11, 1884, and (2) Ella May (Wells) in. 1903.
ALT A ANGELINA READING7— Born May 20, 1866. Married (1) Louis
Beall, February 22, 1888, and (2) Andrew Brown, October 12, 1905.
Two children: Stanley H. and Ruth E. Stanley H. Beall, born December 3, 1888, and
served in the World War. He has two children: Ruth and Stanley.
Ruth Elizabeth Beall married Earl Van Kirk and live at Kenosha, Wis. Their
children are: Alta Ellyn Van Kirk, born March 7, 1907; Earl LeRoy Van Kirk, born
June 9, 1908; Vernon Raymond Van Kirk, Vyvian Robert Van Kirk, twins, born May
13, 1911; Eugene Van Kirk, born Februarv 2, 1922.
82 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AM&RICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Durancy Rebecca (Orvis) and William McFeeley
MELLIE M. McFEELEY — Bom December 19, 1855, at Crawfordsville, Ind.
Died February 2, 1871, at Union City, Ohio.
Funeral from Methodist Church, interment in City Cemetery.
EDWARD EVERETT McFEELEY'— Born June 12, 1857, at Crawfords-
ville, Ind. Married August 7, 1885, at Crawfordsville, Ind., Jennie
(Thompson), who was born August 22, 1846, and died October 4,
1917, at Terre Haute, Ind., daughter of Thomas A. and Sarah A.
Thompson.
Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. Death was caused by catching
on fire. They had two children: Mamie and Willie. "Mamie" Elsie Marie McFeeley, born
October 14, 1902, at Indianapolis, Ind. Married John Wilson Anderson November 12,
1921. He was born in 1887 and was a World War veteran, enlisting April 2, 1918, at
Terre Haute, Ind., and was discharged January 10, 1919. Private in Battery B, 74th
Artillery, at Fort Totten, N. Y.
IDA ARLETTA McFEELEY7 — Born December 25, 1865, at Montazuma,
Ind. Died March 16, 1899. Married August 10, 1884, at Union City,
Ind., Clarence Knee, who was born October 31, 1863, at Hill Grove,
Ohio, son of Cyrus and Martha (Cumerine) Knee. He died March
11, 1897, at the home of his mother, near Union City, Ohio.
They had one daughter: Mellie Knee, born January 27, 1886, at Union City, Ohio.
Married March 31, 1903, at Terre Haute, Ind., John Henry Griffith, who was born April
15, 1863, at West Baltimore, Ohio, and was son of William and Margaret (Piatt) Grif-
fith. They have one son: Harold Orvis Griffith, born November 26, 1904, at Union
City, Ohio.
Children of Charles B. Worden and Lestina D. (Orvis)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor5 — Lestina D.°
LOANZA A. WORDEN7— Born September 23, 1850, at Brattleboro or New-
fane, Vt. Died February 27, 1873.
EDGAR WORDEN— Born August 16, 1852.
He and his twin sister, Edna Worden, were born either at Brattleboro or Newfane,
Vermont.
EDNA WORDEN7— Born August 16, 1852.
She and her twin brother, Edgar Worden, were born either in Brattleboro or New-
fane, Vermont.
ENNIS HENRY WORDEN— Born March 12, 1854, in Antioch, 111. Died
in Iowa.
DELIA M. WORDEN7— Born April 29, 1855, at Antioch, 111.
JOHN B. WORDEN7— Born June 2, 1857, at Antioch, 111. Married, Janu-
ary 1, 1883, Ada (Dutton), at Alden, 111., who was born October 12,
1863, at Howard, 111., daughter of John R. and Kate (Stark) Dutton.
They did live at Algona, Iowa.
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Children of Charles B. Worden and Lestina D. (Orvis) continued
LOIS A. WORDEN7— Born December 17, 1858, at Antioch, 111. Married
January 1, 1880, at Alden, 111., Merlyn H. Church, who was born
December 3, 1857, at Walworth, Wis., son of Cyrus and Mary (Boor-
man) Church.
They lived at Kennewiek, Wash.
IDA ROSE WORDEN— Born May 30, 1862, at Antioch, 111. Died March
27, 1887. Married Joseph Johnson.
RUTH D. WORDEN7— Born December 3, 1864, at Antioch, 111. Married
at Alden, 111., Louis Dutton.
Thev did live at Alcona, Iowa. Louis Dutton was brother of Ada Dutton, wife of
John B.'Worden.
MILO S. WORDEN7— Born April 21, 1866, at Antioch, 111. Died February
6, 1873.
Children of John Mills Orvis and Arleta G. (Northrup)
Male Line: Geovg-e" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor5 — John Mills0
FREDERICK JOHN7— Born at Waddington, N. Y., November 12, 1859.
Died September 16, 1863.
EMMA GRACE7— Born at Waddington, N. Y., October 16, 1862. Married
July 10, 1889, William H. Hoffman.
Lived at Des Moines, Iowa.
WALTER LINCOLN7— Born July 25, 1867. Died December 31, 1876.
EMMA GRACE (ORVIS) HOFFMAN
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Samuel Levi Orvis and Levinia (Sanborn)
Male Li:
WILLARD GRANT— Born August 25, 1868, at Spring Grove, 111.
Farmer, with no family.
CHARLES CLARENCE1— Born October 10, 1869. Married, September 20,
1896, at Geneva Lake, Wis., Mabelle (Sanborn).
He is a lawyer of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
ROSE LEVINA7— Born March 5, 1871. Married January, 1896, at Spring
Grove, 111., James Madden.
He was a farmer.
BYRON LEVI7— Born August 17, 1872, at Waukegan, 111.
He was in the Steel Trust Works.
ELMER VICTOR7— Bom March 9, 1874, at Richmond, 111. Married Ella V.
(Ahort), November 2, 1904, at Waukegan, 111., who was born June
23, 1885, at Libertyville, 111., daughter of John and Barbara Ahort.
He is a lawyer and a graduate of Iowa State University. He assisted in the capture
of Aquinaldo. Served in the Spanish- American War in the Philippine Islands and with
General Lawton when he was killed. Was with Funston, who crossed the Bag Bag
River on rafts. With the 51st Iowa Volunteers and with the 11th Cavalry Volunteers.
Was City Attorney and one of the first of four Commissioners of Waukegan, 111., under
the Commission form of government.
Address: 138 North St. James Street, Waukegan, Illinois.
FRANK BENJAMIN7— Born June 1, 1876. Died July 21, 1909.
Printer. Killed by a train at Shermerville, 111.
Was at one time editor of the Spring Grove "News."
EVERETT ROY7— Born February 18, 1879. Married December 19, 1902,
at Waukegan, 111., Mary (Mclllwain), of Spring Grove, 111., who was
born December 19, 1877, at Spring Grove, McHenry County, 111.,
daughter of Samuel and Martha (Smiley) Mclllwain.
He is a farmer. Lived, 1922, at Lake Villa, Lake County, 111.
Children of Stella V. (Orvis) and Franklin B. Davis
Male Lint: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel" — William3 — Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor5 — Stella Viola3
WALTER CLARENCE DAVIS7— Born August 1, 1879, at Beacon, Iowa.
Married July 2, 1908, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jessie (Harrison), who
was born at Fort Collins, Iowa, December 9, 1881, daughter of James
and Hettie ( ? ) Harrison.
They live at Alamosa, Colo. He is a dentist.
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Children of Stella V. (Orvis) and Franklin B. Davis continued
FRANKLIN BERCHARD DAVIS7— Born March 20, 1881, at Oskaloosa,
Iowa. Married June 21, 1910, at Manson, Iowa, Irene G. (Fitz).
He is vice-president of the Farmers' Saving's Bank, of Manson, Iowa.
HERBERT HOMER DAVIS— Born July 24, 1883, at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Married June 24, 1909, at Kennewick, Wash., Mary J. (Rosebrook).
They now live in Kennewick, Wash., and he is in the fruit and commission business.
Children of Franklin Henry Orvis and Sarah Maria (Whitin)
-Waitstilli — Levi Church-1 —
PAUL WHITIN7— Born December 9, 1853, in New York. Died November
19, 1911. Married in July, 1903, Lida Helen (Tarbox), of Bath,
Maine.
He died in the Hotel Lorraine, Fifth Avenue and Forty-First Street, New York
City, of which he was the lessee. He was buried in the family plot at Manchester, Vt.
He was obliged to spend the last three winters of his life either in the South or South-
ern Europe on account of his health. He was educated in Whitinsville, Mass.; was
brought up in the hotel business with his father at the Equinox House, Manchester,
Vt., and was interested with him in the St. James Hotel at Jacksonville, Fla., in 1872
and later in the Putnam House at Palatka, Fla. In 1902, with George C. Howe, he
organized the Lorraine Company. He always kept his residence in Manchester, Vt.,
and went home to vote at every general election in Vermont. He represented Man-
chester in the Vermont Legislature from 1894 to 1896.
EDWARD CHURCH7— Bom May 18, 1858, at Whitinsville, Mass. Died
March 26, 1918, at Manchester, Vt. Married October 9, 1883, May
(Lowe) Woods, of Boston, Mass., who was born January 29, 1860,
daughter of Samuel Hale and Julia Anna (Carsley) Woods.
Buried in the Dellwood family plot at Manchester, Vt. On the stone is inscribed:
"Upright and Honorable and Beloved."
EDWARD CHURCH ORVIS
Ham- — WaitstiH4 — Levi -Church"'
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Children of Franklin Henry Orvis and Sarah Maria (Whitin) continued
He represented Manchester in the State Legislature for the season of 1890-1. Was
State Senator during 1908-9, and held at one time or another all of the town offices.
Was Selectman for about seven years. For twenty-five years held the position of Town
Auditor continuously from the time the village was incorporated into a town in 1900,
and was chairman of the Board of Trustees with the title of President of the Village.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN7— Born April 21, 186-1. Died June 25, 1906.
CHARLES HENRY7— Born November 2, 1865. Died November 28, 1865.
GEORGE ALFRED7— Born April 26, 1871, at Manchester, Vt. Died Au-
gust 2, 1917, at Manchester, Vt. Married November 17, 1896, at
Manchester, Vt., Anne Louise (Simonds), who was born June 13,
1S74, daughter of David Kendall and Ellen (Clark) Simonds.
GEORGE ALFRED ORVIS
Male Line: George'1 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill'' — Levi Church1
— Franklin Henry" — George Alfred7
George Alfred Orvis was proprietor of the Equinox House at Manchester, Vt., hav-
ing been carefully educated in the hotel business under the experienced care of his
father, Franklin Henry, as were also all of his brothers.
The father of Anne Louise was proprietor of "The Manchester Journal" and she
was also grand-daughter of Rev. Asa F. Clark, pastor for many years of the Congre-
gational Church at Peru, Vt.
LOUIS CHAPIN7— Born July 28, 1873.
Did live at San Remy, near Paris, France.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Charles Frederick Orvis and Laura E. (Walker)
CHARLES FREDERICK ORVIS
ROBERT JUDSON ORVIS
ALBERT CHARLES ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill' — Levi Church5 —
—Charles Frederick6— \ Robei t Judsoir
(Albert Charles'
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Children of Charles Frederick Orvis and Laura E. (Walker) continued
MARY ELLEN7— Born March 6, 1856. Died November 8, 1914. Married
John Morton Marburv, who was bom November 20, 1876, and died
September 5, 1904.
One son: John Morton Marbury, born in 1877.
On the stone marking their gTave this inscription may be seen:
"He loved his fellow men."
"Warm, summer sun
Shine kindly here
Warm, southern wind
Blow softly here
Green sod above
Lie light, lie light
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night."
FREDERICK CHARLES7— Born April 26, 1858. Died September 26, 1860.
ROBERT JUDSON7— Born July 16, 1861, at Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt. Married Annie August (Graves), at Syracuse, Onon-
daga County, N. Y., who was born May 31, 1870, at Sunderland, Ben-
nington County, Vt., daughter of Ralph Landon and Hannah Isabella
(Miller) Graves.
Was postmaster of Manchester and in business with his brother in both the sport-
ing goods store and factory, and the "Orvis Cottage," a summer resort hotel.
ALBERT CHARLES'— Bom August 7, 1863, at Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt. Married November 20, 1906, at Manchester, Benning-
ton County, Vt., Elmina Anna (Simpson), who was bom September
26, 1867, at Hoosick, Rensellaer County, N. Y., daughter of Milo and
Elmina (Simonds) Simpson.
Resides now at Manchester, Bennington County, Vt. Member of Vermont Legis-
lature in 1910; associated with his brother in the sporting goods store and factory; also
in the "Orvis Cottage," a summer resort hotel.
Children of Andrew Moore Orvis and Caroline (Kibbe)
OLIVER DARWIN7— Born March 16, 1842. Died August 24, 1865.
ORLAND DORE7— Born January 2, 1844, at Milford, Mich. Died in 1920
or 1921. Married November 14, 1867, Angelina Deborah (Case), at
Vassar, Mich. .
Lived in New York City, also in Chicago, 111.
He was the inventor of an Improved Steam Generator and a lecturer before engi-
neering associations in Europe and America, and has numerous medals awarded from
exhibitions.
OREL DIGHTON7— Born October 23, 1845, in Wisconsin. Married (1)
1868 Anna (Curtis) ; (2) 1881, Mary M. (Skaats) ; (3) March 28,
1887, in London, England, Caroline (Fulker), who was bom March
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89
Children of Andrew Moore Orvis and Caroline (Kibbe) continued
27, 1864, in London, England, daughter of Richard William and
Mary A. (Bailey) Fulker.
Live at 16 Leo Place, Newark, N. J. Did live in Boston, Mass., and was president
of the New England Furnace Co., 200 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
OPHELIA DELPHINA — Born August 3, 1847. Died July 12, 1884. Mar-
ried John Grandy in 1865.
This family of four children all had the same initials: 0. D., and the compiler of
this book, who was very well acquainted with Orland Dore' and on friendly terms, used
to joke him about two facts: He facetiously referred to the family as the O. D.-ous
family and told Orland D. that he was the only Orvis with an accent.
orland dorp: orvis
Children of Waitstill Bigelow Orvis and Susan Wealthy (White)
Male Line: Ge
-Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Malachi5 — Waitstill Bigelow*
CLARKSON FINNEY7— Bom at Rock Creek, Ohio, September 22, 1847.
Died February 5, 1914, at Dubuque, Iowa. Married at Atlanta, 111.,
1870, Mary Ellen (Phelps), who died May 31, 1915, at Dubuque, Iowa.
They lived at Roseland, Neb., 1876-1900. Since then they lived at Dubuque, Iowa.
Both are buried at Juniata, Neb.
GURNEY MAHAN — Bom December 9, 1849, at Williamsfield, Ohio. Died
November 24, 1920, at Stanley, Wis. Married (1) Julia (Green) ;
(2) Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Slemmons) (Vincent), 1887, who died
June 3, 1918, at Demarest, Ga.
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Children of Waitstill Bigelow Orvis and Susan Wealthy (White) continued
Was educated at Hight School, Atlanta, 111., Oberlin College, class of 1875, and
Yale Theological Seminary, class of 1878, the same year that the Hon. Wm. H. Taft
graduated from Yale. Was ordained Congregational minister at Nevinsville, Iowa, 1880.
Pastorates at Nevinsville, Iowa, 4 years; Dubuque, 18 years; Winthrop, 10 years. De-
gree of D.D. Lenox College, 1894. '
Buried at Winthrop, Iowa.
WEALTHY CLARISSA —Died in infancy.
GURNET MAHAN ORVIS
Children of Joseph Upham Orvis and Mary Elizabeth (Nazro)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill' — Elihu5 — Joseph Upham8
MARY ELIZABETH— Bom April 23, 1843, in Troy, N. Y.
HENRY NAZRO7— Bom December 28, 1844, in Troy, N. Y. Died Septem-
ber 1, 1846.
HENRY PAINE7— Born December 6, 1846.
Had a daughter, Ruth, who married John Pilley, who had son Rey. Lived in San
Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES EUSTIS1— Born January 1, 1849. Died March 8, 1915. Mar-
ried June 29, 1892, Sarah Matilda (Boyd) (Storm), widow of Thomas
Storm, who had died in 1887.
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91
Children of Joseph Upham Orvis and Mary Elizabeth (Nazro) continued
Born in Troy, N. Y., Charles Eustis Orvis lived in New York City from early
childhood until his death. Entered mercantile business at an early age and became
European buyer for a large dry goods firm, then for several years was teller for the
9th National Bank and the Security Bank of New York. From 1872 to 1883 he was
associated with his father in the banking business established by them and known as
Joseph U. Orvis & Co. From 1883, following his father's death, he was associated
with his brother, Edwin W. Orvis, in the banking firm of Orvis Brothers & Co. He
was a colonel of the New York National Guard, vice-president of the Greenwich Bank
of New York, treasurer of the New York Throat, Nose and Lung Hospital, and mem-
ber of numerous societies. In 1892 he married Sarah M. (Storm), widow of Thomas
Storm, who still survives him. v
CHARLES EUSTIS ORVIS
-Elihu"' — Joseph Upham6
HELEN WELLS7— Born June 29, 1851, in Troy, N. Y.
1859, in New York City.
Died November 7,
EDWIN WAITSTILL — Bom June 20, 1853, at Troy, N. Y. Married Janu-
ary 27, 1885, at Broadway Tabernacle, New York, N. Y., Car-
rie (Emerton), who was born January 10, 1860, at Rumney, N. H.,
and was daughter of Charles Rufus and Achsah Jane (Stickney)
Emerton.
Born in Troy, N. Y., Edwin Waitstill Orvis has lived in New York City since
1855. Educated at the public schools. In 1868 he began his business career in the
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Children of Joseph Upham Orvis and Mary Elizabeth (Nazro) continued
employment of Jay Cooke & Co., then entered mercantile business and remained five
years and in 1874 became associated with Joseph U. Orvis & Co., his father's banking
firm, becoming a partner in 1883 of Orvis Brothers & Co., who succeeded to the busi-
ness, upon the death of Joseph U. Orvis. A member of the New York Stock
Exchange, he has taken a prominent part in financial circles of the city, having been
long the vice-president of the Colonial Bank, which he founded in 1892; director
of the Greenwich Bank and member of the New York Coffee and New York Produce
exchanges as well as of the Chicago Board of Trade and New York Chamber of Com-
merce. From 1871 to 1885 he was a member of the Seventh Regiment, N. Y. National
Guard. He is also a member of many leading clubs and societies of the country and
always has been keenly interested in the genealogy of his own family and of that of
his wife, Carrie Emerton, whom he married in 1885. He gladly contributed, for the
purposes of this volume, the data he had collected during his years of research, and
his help in this regard is Warmly appreciated.
Three of his sons participated in the Great War: Warner Dayton Orvis as 1st
Lieutenant, Air Service, United States Army; Arthur Emerton Orvis as cadet, Avia-
tion Section, United States Army, being seriously injured in the collision of his aero-
plane with another over the flying field at Mineola, Long Island, New York, in 1917,
and Homer W. Orvis as 1st Lieutenant, Royal Air Force.
EDWIN WAITKTILI, ORVIS
SARAH BELCHER NAZRO— Born August 2, 1856, at New York City, N.
Y. Married May 18, 1881, at New York, Charles A. Hammond.
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Children of Joseph Upham Orvis and Mary Elizabeth (Nazro) continued
GEORGE HERBERT7— Bora August 26, 1858, in New York. Died Decem-
ber 15, 1859.
HARRIET JOSEPHINE7— Bora June 2, 1860, at New York, N. Y. Mar-
ried June 10, 1889, Henry Merrill Orne.
Lived at 18 Clyde Street, Jamaica, N. Y.
JULIA NAZRO— Born November 10, 1862, at New York City. Died March
24, 1912, at Orange, N. J. Married July 16, 1890, Alexander Bell.
Children of Elias Orvis and Eunice (Anderson)
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Samuel5 — Elias6
KENDRICK ASHBURY7— Born April 12, 1832, at Denmark, Lewis County,
N. Y. Died June 10, 1915, at South Haven, Mich. Married July 5,
1854, Matilda (Miller), of Orleans, Jefferson County, N. Y., who died
November, 1912.
Lived at Wheaton, 111. Both are buried at Wheaton, 111.
ALMIRA7
SAMUEL EMERY7— Born July 11, 1834, at Denmark, Lewis County, N. Y.
Died May 24, 1887. Married November 26, 1854, at Waukesha, Wis.,
Eleanor (Campbell), who was born November 4, 1828, at Clayton,
Jefferson County, N. Y., and died May 16, 1911.
Soon after the marriage he became a resident of Waukesha, Wis., and except for
three or four years, this continued to be his home up to the time of this death.
He participated in the Civil War, serving as a private in Company F, 5th Wiscon-
sin Volunteers, Infantry, and lost his left arm in the battle of the Wilderness. In Love's
History of the War of the Rebellion (1866) at page 980, it says: "Samuel E. Orvis, of
Company F. 5th Regiment, came out of a storm of bullets, at the battle of the Wilder-
ness with a shattered arm, whose broken bones grated as it swung by his side, and
walked more than a mile rather than take the place in an ambulance that some more
needy one might want."
He was an indefatigable worker and it was often said of him that he could do more
work with one arm than the average man would with two. As an evidence of this (be-
ing a carpenter by trade in his younger days), he built the family home in his disabled
condition, with but very little assistance.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, very devout and and strictly
temperate, never having used liquor or tobacco in any form.
ALVAH GUVERIA— Born September 8, 1836, at Copenhagen, N. Y. Mar-
ried (1) Frances M. (Ten Eyck) September 8, 1858, at Waukesha,
Wis. She died February 25, 1859, at Waukesha, Wis.; (2) Emma
Laura (Olin) September 25, 1861, at Waukesha, Wis., who was born
July 13, 1843, at Homer, N. Y., and died November 19, 1917, in Madi-
son, Wis., at the age of seventy-three.
Alvah Guveria Orvis left home when he was 17 years of age and hired out as a
laborer for the C. M. & St. P. Ry. in the employ of which company he continued until
his retirement occasioned by the loss of a leg in a collision while on duty. In point of
service he was the oldest passenger locomotive engineer on that line at that time.
Early in 1863 when the first night express train was put on the Prairie du Chien
Division of the Milwaukee, Railroad, he qualified and took charge of it as engineer.
He was a member of the Masonic Order, a very faithful church-goer, being a member
of the Congregational Church.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Roger Orvis Lewis and Lucy Ann (Tripp)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Bleazer3 — Roger* — Mirrianne Roxanna1 —
Roger Orvis Lewis8
ARMINDA (MINNIE) LEWIS7— Born February 13, 1849, at Clifford, Sus-
quehanna County, Pa. Married August 20, 1885, in Springfield, S.
D., to Adam Grimes.
Judge Grimes and his family live at 916 Pine Street, Yankton, South Dakota.
Mrs. Grimes, in a letter dated March 17, 1914, says: "On pages 47 and 48 of your
book (Outlines) just received, R. S. Orvis writes in 1852 of visiting "Aunt Roxanna,"
my great grand-mother, in Clifford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. This Clifford
is where Roger Orvis with his second wife, located near in the year 1800. My grand-
mother, named for her mother, was the oldest. She was born in February, 1789."
Roger Orvis's second wife bore him no sons; perhaps the reason for the wording
of his will. (See page 7 of Outlines.)
Children of James Orvis and Julia M. (Lawrence)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — James8
LOREN WORTH7— Born March 16, 1853, at Avoca, one mile from Oakfield,
Wis. Married August 17, 1891, at Boseman, Mont., Mrs. Mary E.
Schmidt).
They now live at Salesville, Montana. Is a merchant.
WILLIAM S.7— Born April 24, 1856, at Oakfield, Wis. Married February
17, 1881, at Byron, Fond-du-lac County, Wis., Ina Abbey (Cornell),
who was born January 17, 1860, at Byron, daughter of James and
Emeline (Warner) Cornell.
Did live at 220 South Lake Street, Madera, Cal. Also lived 17 North First Street,
San Jose, Cal. Was in the real estate business.
JOSEPH LLOYD— Born September 4, 1868, at Oakfield, Wis.
Did live at Gait, Cal. Not married.
CHARLES BRUCE7— Born February 13, 1858, at Oakfield, Wis. Married
November 11, 1891, at Milton, Cal., Mary Ada (Snow).
Was a cattleman and fancy stock raiser at Milton, Cal. Also a veterinary surgeon.
EDGAR JAMES7— Born August 13, 1854, at Oakfield, Fond-du-Lac County,
Wis. Married June 25, 1884, Alice C. (Baker), of Orchard Park,
N. Y. She died and he married in 1894 Hellen (Potter), from the
same place.
He is a physician, graduating from the University and Bellevuo Hospital Medical
College in 1884. Did live at Blackwell, Okla.
ISAAC B.T— Bom October 4, 1863.
A bachelor and a farmer. Did live at Stockton, Cal.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Isaac Orvis and Gulielma (Dean)
Male Line: George" — Rog'er1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Lorenzo5 — Isaac8
HENRY DEAN'
Died unmarried at the age of 75 at Churches Ferry, North Dakota, where he kept
the "Orvis House."
LLOYD MLNTURN — Died at Oakfield, Fond-du-Lac County, Wis., at about
21 years of age.
GEORGE7— Bom October 31, 1835, at Whitby, Ont. Married April 30, 1874,
Anna J. ( ? ) (Riley), a widow, who died December 31, 1897.
Was buried at San Francisco, Cal. George was a farmer and lived at Keoma Alta,
Canada. Had a daughter, Amy Love, born November 3, 1875.
CHARLES' — Died at 19 years of age at Oakfield, Fond-du-Lac County, Wis.
JAMES— -Died in infancy.
JOHN JAY7 — Born December 17, 1839, in Hamilton, Ontario. Died April
7, 1920, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married in 1870 at Dixon, 111., Adelaide
(Thompson), who died in 1896.
He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William D. Scott, 1281 Bergen Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
JOHN JAY ORVIS
Hale Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Isaac" — John Jay7
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Children of Isaac Orvis and Gulielma (Dean) continued
He was a genial, whole-souled man — a much traveled and very interesting talker.
He was a frequent visitor at the home of the author of this book.
(From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 8, 1920) :
John Jay Orvis, 80 years old, of 1281 Bergen Street, Civil War veteran, organizer
of banking institutions, and founder of one of the largest agricultural implement con-
cerns in the world, died yesterday of the ailments of old age. His funeral services
will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Walter I. Southerton officiat-
ing, and cremation will follow at the U. S. Crematory, in Middle Village, L. I. Mr.
Orvis is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William D. Scott, of Brooklyn, and a son, Dr.
Ralph T. Orvis, U. S. N., stationed at the Naval recruiting office in Manhattan.
Mr. Orvis was born in Hamilton, Ont., on December 17, 1839, the son of Isaac and
Amy Orvis, of Wisconsin. He enlisted for the Civil War in the 1st Regiment of Wis-
consin Volunteer Infantry, and served three years, fighting in all the battles in which
that regiment was engaged, except for three months when he was a prisoner in old
Libby prison and the Andersonville prison, after he was captured by the rebels while
fighting at Gettysburg.
After the war Mr. Orvis returned to Wisconsin and became a salesman for manu-
facturers of agricultural implements. He conceived the idea of amalgamating several
companies, raised capital, and formed a large combintion, which is now known as the
J. I. Case Implement Company, Mr. Orvis having sold his interests to J. I. Case about
thirty years ago.
Mr. Orvis next turned his activities to organizing building and loan institutions,
and started many successful ones in Western States, being the president of each in
turn until it was a going institution, when he resigned and started another. Among
them was the first building and loan association organized in Cuba, and still doing a
thriving business.
Mr. Orvis lived formerly for many years in cities in California, and was a member
of a Grand Army post at San Jose. He was also a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. He retired from business eighteen years ago, and had lived in Brooklyn
the past six years.
ALBERT— Died in infancy.
EMILY7 — Died at nine years of age.
FRANCIS T. —- Killed by cars in Burlington, Iowa, about 1899.
Left wife, Mary, and daughter, Mary, and two sons, Russel and Roger, both of
whom died before 21 years of age.
All children of Isaac Orvis and Gulielma (Dean) were born in Ferrisburg, Vt.
Children of Phebe (Orvis) and Samuel Eastman
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — I.oien! — Phebe8
LUCINDA EASTMAN7— Married ( ? ) Kirk.
MARY EASTMAN
JAMES EASTMAN7
SON7 — Name not known. . .
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Jacob Orvis and Caroline (Wheeler)
Male Line: George'1 — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Lorenzo5 — Jacob"
CHARLES PIERCE7— Born March 12, 1834. Died June 17, 1882.
Married in Pittsburgh.
RICHARD S. — Born September 12, 1835. Died July 19, 1856.
JANE M. — Born May 12, 1839. Married Chester Malby, of Baldwinsville
N. Y.
Children: Nellie Malby, Edward Malby, Frank Malby.
ARTHUR TAPPAN7— Born February 7, 1837. Died July 26, 1902. Mar-
ried October 10, 1857, Susan Ann (Barber), who was born March
14, 1835, at Baldwinsville, N. Y., and died February 19, 1915, daugh-
ter of Allan Barber.
Lived at Baldwinsville, N. Y.
JOSEPH WHEELER7— Born November 6, 1842. Married Ambrozine
(Rouse), of Baldwinsville, N. Y.
Lived in Northern Michigan.
JOHN LOREN7— Born February 12, 1841. Died March 11, 1841.
GEORGE TAYLOR7— Born June 24, 1846, at Baldwinsville, N. Y. Died
November 26, 1892. Married October 7, 1868, Edna E. (Coffin).
He was a traveling salesman and lived in Syracuse, N. Y., Goodland, Ind., Logans-
port, Ind., and Toledo, Ohio, at which place he was buried and his wife did live at 114
Prescott Avenue, Toledo, Ohio.
Frank Roger and George Taylor, brothers, married Emma Coffin and Edna Coffin,
sisters.
JOSEPHINE E.7— Born April 7, 1853. Died January 18, 1899.
WILLIAM7— Born December 4, 1848. Married Ella (Elliott), of Plainville,
N.-Y.
Children: Harry J. and Robert. Lived at Baldwinsville, N. Y.
FRANK ROGER7— Born October 30, 1850. Died June 21, 1914. Married
Emma (Coffin).
Emma was sister of George Tappan's wife. Did live in Illinois, later at 114 Pres-
cott Street, Toledo, Ohio. Children: Two boys and one girl.
Children of Clarissa (Orvis) and John Tobias
Hale Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo-' — Clarissa6
MARTHA TOBIAS7
JAMES TOBIAS7
SARAH TOBIAS7
JOSEPH TOBIAS7— Married (1) Mary (Green); (2) Fluella (Clydesdale).
98 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Miron Orvis and Ruth (Jenison)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Loren8 — Miron*
FREDERICK EBERT7— Died June 27, 1880.
LILLIS MARILLA7
SARA C. JENISON'— Married John A. Benson and lived in Vermont.
RUTH KATHARINE7— Lived in Vermont.
Children of Lillis (Orvis) and James Denton
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David: — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Loren1 — Lillis
TOBIAS DENTON7
JOSEPH DENTON7
SARAH DENTON'
Children of Joel Orvis and Lois B. (Lamas)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Philander0 — Joel"
ALBERT7
DANIEL HUNTINGTON7— Born about 1842.
Represented the town of Lincoln, Vt., at one time.
Has a grand-daughter, Sara L., who is a nurse and lives in Lincoln, Vt. Sometimes
lives in New York. She would be of the Ninth Generation.
Children of Lorenzo Orvis, Jr., and Phebe (Keese)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David= — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo0 — Lorenzo, Jr.'
PHEBE7— Married Samuel Booth.
Children of Lorenzo Orvis, Jr., and Mary (Hitt), Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David1 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo6 — Lorenzo, Jr
RUTH DUSENBERY7— Married Barney W. Collins.
Home, Ferrisburg, Vt.
EMILY HITT7— Married George W. Cook.
Home, Lewistown, Mont.
MARY CLARA'
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99
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of John Orvis and Marianna (Dwight)
Male Line: Georg'e" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Loren5 — John8
CHRISTEL — Bom March 23, 1848, at Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mass.
Now a part of Boston. Resided at 9 Summit Road, Wellesley, Mass.
Was an architect but retired. Did live at 6 Peter Parley Road, Jamaica Plain,
Boston, Mass. Lived in this vicinity all his life except for the winter of 1855-6, when
he lived in Boston proper. Unmarried.
HELEN DWIGHT — Bom June 12, 1850, at Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury,
Mass.
Now a part of Boston. Resides, 1921, 9 Summit Road, Wellesley, Mass., with her
brother, Christel.
Children of Charles (2) Orvis and Robina Louisa (Pierce)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Gershom1 — Charles5 — Charles6
CHARLES PIERCE7— Bom September 27, 1873, at Walnut Hill, Ell River,
Whitley County, Ind. Died June 29, 1890.
Was drowned while bathing in the St. Joseph River.
HENRY7— Born April 3, 1875. at Fort Wayne, Ind. Died October 13, 1881.
MARY ALICE7— Bom March 4, 1881, at Wallen. Married September 14,
1904, Dr. Bonnelle W. Rhamy, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
She graduated in music in Chicago College of Music, June, 1904. She has been
organist of the First Baptist Church since 1900. In 1907, she became a teacher of
piano in the European School of Music. Member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Ft.
Wayne, and an active member of the "Morning Musical." Member of the D. A. R. by
right of the Revolutionary services of Levi Pierce, Gershom Orvis and Jason Parmen-
ter. Dr. Rhamy is a graduate of Ft. Wayne College of Medicine. Born February 11,
1870. Graduated in Medicine March, 1898. Is manager of Ft. Wayne Medical Labor-
atory. Lives at 1115 Garden Street, Ft. Wayne.
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(Male line as abovi1)
100 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Children of Charles (2) Orvis and Robina Louisa (Pierce) continued
Bonnelle W. Rhamy, born February 11, 1874, at Findlay, Ohio. Graduate Ft. Wayne
College of Medicine 1898. Professor of Physiology in same from 1902 until 1904, then
associated Professor of Physiology, Indiana University Medicine College. Pathologist
Hope Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Director Ft. Wayne Medical
Laboratory, Inc.
Service Record
Bonnelle W. Rhamy, Captain, M. C, U. S. A., enlisted as Captain May 1, 1917, with
Red Cross Hospital unit "M" at Ft. Wayne, Ind. Unit disbanded September, 1917.
Commissioned Captain Officers' Reserve Corps, February 6, 1918. Assigned active
duty March 13, 1918.
March 24, 1918, to April 21, 1918, Army Laboratory No. 1 Rockefellow Institute,
New York City.
April 22 to April 30, 1918, Army Medical School, Washington, D. C, Laboratory
Department.
May 5 to September 23, 1918, Hospital Laboratory, Ft. Omaha, Balloon Division
of Air Service, Omaha, Neb.
Assigned to Evacuation Hospital No. 39, reporting for embarkation, Camp Crane,
Allentown, Pa., September 26, 1918.
October 14, 1918, ordered to Pottsville, then Tremont, Schulkyll County, Pa., for
service in fighting influenza epidemic among the coal miners.
October 20 to October 25, Camp Crane.
October 26, Hoboken, N. J.
October 27, embarked, Transport Gen. Grant.
Landed at Brest, November 9, 1918, Fort, Boughen.
November 13, St. Aignon-Noyers.
November 19, on duty at Fort Thesee.
November 21 to November 29, on duty Central Medical Laboratory, A. E. F. Dijon,
France.
November 29 to December 17, on duty Evacuation Hospital No. 8, Petit Maujouy-
meuse.
December 18 to February 3, 1919, on duty Evacuation Hospital No. 8, Mayen,
Rhineland, Germany.
February 5 to 7, Paris.
February 8 to February 22, Base Hospital 119, Savanay, St. Nazarre, France.
February 23 to 28, Beau desert, Bordeaux, France.
February 28, sailed on Transport Antegonne, arriving at Hoboken, N. J., March
24, 1919.
March 24 to April 5, Lafayette House.
April 6 to 19, Fort Ben Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind.
Discharged April 19, 1919.
Children of Lydia (Orvis) and Francis Warner
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse5 — Lydia
CHARLES'
LUCINDA7— Married La Grange Adams.
ADELINE7 — Married George Spencer.
LUELLA7 — Married William Spencer.
Children of Orson Gregory Orvis and Julia (Smith)
Male Line: George" — Roger" — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse1 — Jesse5 — Orson Gregory'
LILLY7
CHARLES NATHAN7
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Eliza Sayre (Orvis) and Timothy Rush Allen
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Gershom' — Charles0 — Eliza Sayre"
SILAS MARSH ALLEN — Born January 13, 1867, at Allenville, Wis. Mar-
ried December 31, 1895, at Chicago, 111., Frances Isabella (Strong),
who was bom January 21, 1867, at Wakeman, Ohio, daughter of
John Owen and Mary Isabella (Norman) Strong.
Silas M. Allen is a graduate of Oshkosh State Normal School and is in the Rail-
way Mail Service. Lives at 73 Fulton Street, Oshkosh, Wis.
Frances Isabella was a teacher in Chicago and the wedding ceremony took place
at 4522 North Kenton Avenue, Mayfair, Chicago, 111.
CHARLES ORVIS ALLEN— Born November 10, 1868, at Butte des Morts,
Wis. Married July 19, 1894, at Winneconne, Wis., Beatrice Donais
(Travis), who was bom August 10, 1869.
Lived at Oshkosh, Wis., Maple Lodge, Route 7. Graduated from Oshkosh State
Normal School.
PHOEBE LOUISE ALLEN1— Born February 26, 1873, at Allenville, Wis.
A school teacher at Beaubien School, Chicago, 111. Lives at 6691 Olmstead Avenue,
Norwool Park, Chicago, 111. Is a graduate of Oshkosh State Normal School.
DAVID KING ALLEN7— Born November 20, 1878, at Allenville, Wis. Mar-
ried June 28, 1905, at Oshkosh, Wis., Marion (Welsh) (Boynton),
who was bom December 5, 1882, in the town of Omro, daughter of
Bernard H. and Frances (Campbell) Welsh.
Lives at 47 Mt. Vernon Street, Oshkosh, Wis. Is a lawyer. Has been District
Attorney since 1918. A graduate of Oshkosh State Normal School and Madison State
University, also of law school. Was City Superintendent of Schools in 1909.
TIMOTHY RUSH ALLEN'— Born August 17, 1880, at Allenville, Wis.
Married June 2, 1908, (1) Beatrice (Uttermark), of Weyanwega,
Waupeca County, Wis. Married December 20, 1917, (2) Grace Fay
(Telander), of Oshkosh, Wis., daughter of Andrew Telander.
Live Route 7, Oshkosh, Wis., Omro Road. Is a graduate of Oshkosh State Normal
School and is in real estate business in Oshkosh.
Daughter: Jane Phoebe Allen, born February 23, 1921.
SARAH JULIA ORVIS ALLEN7— Bom January 1, 1883. Married Novem-
ber 12, 1907, at Allenville, Wis., Edward Francis Madden, a farmer,
who was bom January 8, 1884, in Upper Michigan.
Live near Oshkosh, Wis., R. F. D. No. 7. Graduate of Oshkosh State Normal
School.
Children, all born in Chassell, Michigan: Allen Norman Madden, born June 18, 1909;
Elizabeth Louise Madden, born December 26, 1912; Edward Francis Madden, born No-
vember 8, 1916.
HENRY ORVIS ALLEN7— Born March 29, 1885, at Allenville, Wis. Mar-
ried March, 1909, Clara Sarah (Furman), of Neenah, Wis., who was
bom October 22, 1886, in the town of Winchester.
Graduate of Oshkosh State Normal School. Is a farmer and breeder of graded
cattle. Reside at Allenville, Wis.
Children were born at Allenville, Wis.: Kathleen Allen, born August 13, 1910;
Harry Orvis Allen, born October, 1911; Barbara Allen, born July, 1914; Furman Allen,
born August, 1915. . .
102 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Julia M. (Orvis) and James H. Newcomb
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Gei'shorn1 — Charles5 — Julia M.*
GEORGE HIRAM NEWCOMB7— Born October 18, 1870. Died same day.
CLARISSA SAYRE NEWCOMB'— Born July 4, 1872, at Nora, 111. Married
November, 1900, Dr. Henry Forest Hoffman.
Member of Episcopalian Church and speaker and organizer for church study classes
among women.
He is a dentist of Denver, and lives at 2141 Vine Street.
HIRAM KING NEWCOMB7— Born March, 1875. Died in 1877.
Children of Eleazer B. Orvis and Elizabeth (Austin)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Bleazor B.*
AUSTIN— Bora August 18, 1826. Died in 1912.
Lived at Ferndale, Whitcomb County, Washington, R. F. D. No. 1. Lived also at
Wadena, Minnesota, and Puget Sound. He was a farmer and was married.
SUSAN7— Bom September 2, 1828. Died in 1888. Married Ira Carpenter.
Lived at Pickering, Ontario, Canada. There were three daughters, also a son, named
Roger Orvis Carpenter.
PHEBE7— Born January 18, 1831. Married David Brown.
Lived at Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Three sons and two daughters.
HULDAH7— Born July 23, 1833. Married Schooley Wilson.
Lived at Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Six sons and one daughter. After her hus-
band's death she moved, with her sons, to Leal, North Dakota.
MARIA7— Born December 1, 1836. Died about 1890.
MYRON7— Born September 24, 1838. Married Miriam (Linton) in Pick-
ering-, Ontario, Canada.
They moved to Blue Earth, Missouri; also lived in Pipestone, Minnesota.
ANDREW7— Bom August 7, 1840, in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Married
January 21, 1869, Helen P. (Baker), at Orchard Park, N. Y.
Lived at Orchard Park, Erie County, N. Y.
LILLIS'
WILLIAM H.7— Born November 24, 1843, at Whitby, Ontario. Died Novem-
ber 26, 1895, at Severy, Kans. Married June, 1874, Emeline (Denis),
who was born in 1849 at New Market, Ontario, and died October 28,
1880.
He removed from Canada about 1880 and was connected with different successful
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 103
Children of Eleazer B. Orvis and Elizabeth (Austin) continued
business enterprises in Severy and Topeka. In 1895 he sold out his interests and re-
moved to New Market, Ontario. A relative wrote in 1911 that he fell on an icy side-
walk and died from the effects, but the matter is described in a newspaper clipping as
follows :
"Severy, Kansas, December 6. 1895. — The mystery surrounding the death of Wm.
H. Orvis, a Canadian capitalist, who was found dead in his room here November 28,
1S95, deepens, and the theory of foul play is accepted by many. Mr. Orvis was about
to board a train on his way to Boston about three months ago when he was sand-bagged
by unknown parties and robbed of $6000 in Government Bonds and $600 in cash. He
recovered the bonds through the agency of unknown parties by paying $150 in cash
in Kansas City, Mo. It is now believed that he was murdered in order to prevent
the exposure of the parties who robbed him. His home was in New Market, Ontario."
Children of Silas Orvis and Sarah (Gregory)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo' — Silas"
MARTHA7— Born February 16, 1818. Died February 18, 1878.
Unmarried. , * .JOB
LOREN7— Born February 17, 1822. Died March 25, 1902. Married Han-
nah (Way), of Pickering, Ontario.
Moved from Pickering, Ontario, to Oakfield, Wis., in 1847. One child, who died in
Oakfield, Wis. Moved to Rockford, Wash., where he died. Moved West in 1886. •
ELEAZER7— Born October 2, 1820, at Whitby or Pickering, Ontario. Died
April 12, 1853, at Oakfield, Wis. Married Emeline W. (Warner).
He was a farmer and moved from Ontario and settled in Oakfield, Fond-du-Lac
County, Wis., near the home of Isaac Orvis, about 1847.
After Eleazer's death his wife married (2) James Cornell and lived in California.
SELAH7 — Born February 4, 1826, at Pickering, Ontario. Died June 18,
1911. Married (1) February 4, 1854, Elizabeth (Proctor), who was
born in England December 11, 1835, and died July 13, 1876. Mar-
ried (2) June 19, 1877, Mary (Rankin), who was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, February 10, 1846.
Selah lived in Whitby, Ont., but lived for a while at Oakfield, Wis., where he
worked at his trade, that of a carpenter; also worked in a saw mill. After three years
he returned to Canada in 1850 and worked at his trade there. About this time he
rented 100 acres of land from E. B. Orvis and worked it, as he was also a farmer.
It is said that he had four toes on his left foot, one of which had three nails. He
was the seventh child of his parents. His sister, the fourteenth child, had exactly the
same deformity, and one of Selah's grand-children also has the same peculiarity on the
left foot. During the last two years of his life he was nearly blind from cataract, as
was also his father. , . , . _ . , ,
His first wife was buried at Pickering, Ontario, and he was buried in the Friends
Burying Ground out on the Kingston Road, near Whitby, Ont.
LILLIS7 Born August 6, 1824. Died June, 1892. Married James Denton.
Lived in Pickering, Canada. Buried in King York, Ontario.
JAMES7— Bom August 21, 1828, at Pickering, Ontario. Died September
3, 1882. Married August 27, 1862, Mary (McBurnie).
Buried in Friends' Burying Ground. Was a farmer.
104 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Children of Silas Orvis and Sarah (Gregory) continued
ISAAC BROWN7— Born March 29, 1834, at Pickering, Ontario. Married
Margaret (Richie).
Was a farmer. He was killed by lightning.
MARGARET1— Bom December 11, 1830. Died May 20, 1911. Married
(1) James White and (2) John Goodman.
Lived at Minden, Ontario. Had a son, J. B. White, who lived at Cobaconk, Ontario.
PHEBE ANN'— Bom January 17, 1833. Married Benjamin Way.
After his death she moved with her son, Oliver, to Mississippi.
MARY'— Bom May 25, 1823. Married Joseph Recor.
Moved to United States. Children: Richard and others.
ELIZABETH'— Bom April 28, 1819. Died April 2, 1889. Married Horace
Schenck.
Schenck was a corn broom maker and moved to Iowa. Elizabeth went to live with
her grandfather, Loren, when a young child.
GREGORY'— Bom July 8, 1837, at Pickering, Ontario. Died May 18, 1846.
Married Harriet (de Boice).
Lived in Myrtle, Canada. Was a merchant. One child, died in infancy.
WILLIAM PENN'— Born September 25, 1842, at Pickering, Ontario. Mar-
ried Margaret Ann (Matthews).
He was a farmer and lived in Greenwood, Canada.
MARIAH M.'— Bom February 13, 1836. Married John de Boice.
Children: Ira, John, Albert, Jesse, James, Ubert.
SARAH'— Bom February 8, 1839. Died February 5, 1892. Married Har-
vey Bouchard.
Had a large family and lived in Manitoba.
RACHEL H/— Born August 2, 1840. Married (1) George Hambleton, and
(2) John Faulkner, and (3) Hiram Shell.
IRA' — Bom February 16, 1845, at Pickering, Ontario. Married April 3,
1873, Sarah Ann (Boyce), who died October 18, 1907, at Caldwell,
Idaho.
He was a farmer and lived at Caldwell, Idaho.
Children of Francis Elizabeth (Orvis) and George P. Utley
Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — W
Frances Elizal
ARTHUR E. UTLEY'— Died in infancy.
AMY SOPHIA UTLEY'
MAY TERNSFIELD UTLEY'
JULIA CAROLINE UTLEY'
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Levi Church Orvis (2) and Anna Elizabeth (Wise)
ANNA LOUISE1— Born March 21, 1866, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married Oc-
tober 28, 1891, Harry S. Crane at East Hartford, Conn., who was
born November 29, 1868, son of Stephen D. and Helen (Putnam)
Crane.
Lived at 23 Darien Street, East Hartford, Conn., and at 22 Crown Street, Hartford,
Conn.
GEORGE SANFORD7— Bom June 20, 1867, at Manchester, Vt. Died July
25, 1868, at Manchester, Vt.
EMMA HALL1— Bom January 31, 1869, at Manchester, Vt. Married in
June, 1895, Frederick McNerny at Manchester, Vt.
Did live in Brooklyn, N. Y., at one time.
STANLEY CLARK7— Born March 21, 1871, at Manchester, Vt. Married
October 18, 1895, Mary Emma (Bidwell) at Albany, N. Y., who was
born March 25, 1876, at Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of Warren W.
and Margaret Bidwell.
Reside at 128 Wells Street, South Manchester, Conn.
MASON COLBURN7— Bom January 15, 1873, at Manchester, Vt. Died
May 20, 1873, at Chicago, 111.
HELEN LENSFIELD7— Born September 25, 1875, at Chicago, 111. Died
February 19, 1876, at Chicago, 111.
THOMAS CARVILLE1— Born September 29, 1880, at Hartford, Conn.
Married August 16, 1900, Jane (Stewart), at Bridgeport, Conn.
Production Superintendent, Singer Manufacturing Company. Lived at 204 Olive
Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
ELSIE MAY7 — Born June 9, 1882, at Hartford, Conn. Married December
8, 1905, Eric Leslie Whitcomb at Plainville, Conn.
Live at 5 Putnam Heights, Hartford, Conn.
Children of Harriett (Orvis) and Nicholas Austin
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Lorenzo-1 — Harriet6
HIRAM AUSTIN7
WILLIAM AUSTIN7
NATHANIEL AUSTIN7
ALFRED AUSTIN7
SYLVAN US AUSTIN7
GEORGE AUSTIN7
ELIZABETH AUSTIN7
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Abraham Orvis and Deborah Smith (Keese)
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Lorenzo5 — Abraham"
EMMA RUTH1— Born May 21, 1840, at Ferrisburg, Vt. Married Decem-
ber, 1872, Abraham K. Trusdell in Dixon, 111.
FRANKLIN KEESE1— Born February 9, 1842, at Ferrisburg, Vt. Died
November 23, 1895, in Chicago, 111. Married Susan Appleton
(Swift) .
Lived in Dixon, Illinois, from 1869 until his death.
EDWIN H.T— Born January 27, 1844, at Ferrisburg, Vt. Died December
25, 1865.
Death was caused by wounds received in the Civil War.
JOHN LORE.N7— Born November 3, 1845, at Concord, N. H. Married
October 15, 1872, Annie Elizabeth (Eustace) in Dixon, 111. She died
in 1893.
CHARLES MYRON7— Born October 26, 1850, at Somerville, Mass.
Unmarried; lives with Emma (Orvis) Trusdell in Dixon, Illinois.
Children of Columbus Augustus Orvis and Harriett (Sargeant)
Male Line: George'1 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill1 — Levi Church5
— Columbus Augustus0
JOHN SARGEANT7— Born March 10, 1854, at Racine, Wis. Died in April,
1914, at Chicago, 111. Married October 21, 1890, Anna E. Williams
(Jones), at Aberdeen, S. D.
Was a commission merchant, 134 S. Water Street, Chicago, 111.; lived Evanston, 111.
Adopted a daughter, Katharine, who died January, 1906. In 1907 adopted another
daughter, Irene Elizabeth, now living with her mother in Evanston, 111.
HARRY FRANKLIN7 — Born December 11, 1852, at Racine, Wis. Died
October 22, 1888, at Chicago, 111. Married November 15, 1877, at
Lime Springs, Iowa, Margaret Elizabeth (Williams), who was born
November 11, 1856, in North Wales, daughter of Owen E. and Ann
(Thomas) Williams.
Harry Franklin Orvis was educated in the Chicago Public Schools. At the age of
nineteen he went into the Produce Commission business for himself in Chicago and
continued in same until his death which occurred at the age of thirty-five and was
caused by an accident which happened while on a hunting trip in North Dakota. In
jumping from a wagon he broke one of his ankles, causing blood poison, which in about
ten days took his life, only two days after being brought to his home at 384 Park Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111. His remains rest in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, 111.
LAURA MAY7— Born May 7, 1873, in Chicago, 111. Married October 31,
1900, Robert L. Parsons in Evanston, 111.
Live at 218 Hibbard Avenue, Chicago, 111. Founded Sherwood Forest, a camp for
girls, at Springstead Lake, Iron County, Wisconsin, her home address being 6074 Stony
Island Avenue, Chicago. She is much interested in this work and is actively engaged
therein. She also founded the Chicago Normal School of Physical Education in 1903.
Gave up her active work in this enterprise in 1918, but still is interested in the school.
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107
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Chester Orvis (2) and Esther A. (Ware)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Gershom' — Chester0 — Cheater"
FRANK CHESTER7— Born November 20, 1855. Died May 1, 1896. Mar-
ried in 1877 to Kate (William).
Lived on a farm near Felts Mills, N. Y.
ALBERT HENRY7— Born May 19, 1857, at Felts Mills, Jefferson County,
N. Y. Married October 24, 1878, at Shell Rock, Iowa, Linnie P.
(Hall), who was bom August 26, 1862, and died October 24, 1878,
at Shell Rock, Iowa, daughter of Hiram and Catherine (Graff) Hall.
ALBERT HENRY ORVIS
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel1' — William'
— Albert Henry7
-Gershom4 — Chester5 — Chester"
August 3, 1921.
Mr. Francis W. Orvis,
189 Stanley Place, Hackensack, N. J.
Dear Sir: — Several months ago I saw a man named Thomas A. Orvis, about 35
years old. He was on his way from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Grand Forks, North Da-
kota, where he said he was employed as a landscape gardener for the University of
North Dakota. .
He was born near Dublin, Ireland, where his ancestors had resided for several
hundred years.
His father is still living near Dublin and is a dairy man.
He claimed that several hundred years ago his first ancestor of whom he had any
knowledge came from Barcelona, Spain, to Ireland. He said there is a stone monument
at Barcelona, Spain, on which is cut the names of several who went from there to
Ireland and among those names is that of John Orvis, his earliest known ancestor. He
claimed to have lived in the United States for six years, as I remember it.
Yours truly, A. H. ORVIS.
10S THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Children of Chester Orvis (2) and Esther A. (Ware) continued
(Immediately upon receipt of this letter from A. H. Orvis, I wrote to both Thomas
A. and his father in Dublin. In both cases the letters were returned to me marked
by postmaster: "Not found." — F. W. O.)
Later I wrote to the U. S. Consul at Barcelona, Spain, and received the following
letter from him:
Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 1922.
Francis Wayland Orvis, Esquire,
189 Stanley Place,
Hackensack, New Jersey.
Sir: — Referring to your letter of February 5, 1922, in regard to one John Orvis,
who is alleged to have emigrated from Barcelona to Ireland about three hundred years
ago, I have to advise you that upon consultation with the Director of Monuments of
this Province I am informed that there is no monument nor any shaft or slab announc-
ing the departure of emigrants from Barcelona to Ireland.
The name Orvis does not look Spanish or Catalan at all and I have not been able
to find in the directory any person or family bearing that name.
There is a firm called "Orbis," but they advise me that this is a Latin name which
means "city" and that they do not know of any persons bearing such name.
Very respectfully yours,
W. M. O'HARA,
American Vice-Consul in Charge.
ARTHUR WILLIAM7— Born February 18, 1859, at Felts Mills, Jefferson
County, N. Y. Married June 12, 1889, Harriet (Church) at Gouv-
emeur, N. Y., who was born February 21, 1855, at Morristown, St.
Lawrence County, N. Y., daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Law)
(Church).
Harriet's father, David Church, was owner of Church's Mills, near Ox Bow, and
was born in Brattleboro, Vt. Arthur W. is a Republican and a Unitarian. Was presi-
dent of town in 1894-1896. Was elected Justice of the Peace three times. Was Deputy
County Clerk, 1889-1891. President of St. Lawrence Co. Society for the Prevention of
Crueltv to Children. Was a member of town board for 10 years. February, 1912, he was
Deputy Attorney General of N. Y. State, temporarily at Albany. He resides at Gouv-
erneur, N. Y.
WILLARD SAMUEL'— Born August 5, 1860. Died under five years of age.
FREDDIE AUGUSTINE'— Born July 10, 1867. Died under five years of
age.
GEORGE EDWARD'— Born January 15, 1869. Married about 1891 at
Felts Mills, N. Y., to Nellie (Drake).
They lived on the old farm near Felts Mills. Have had no children.
HERMAN ELWIN'— Born June 25, 1870. Died under five years of age.
Children of Susan (Orvis) and Samuel Gillette
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David5 — Eleazer3 — Jesse-1 — Jesse5 — Susan"
MARY I. GILLETTE'— Bom January 29, 1848. Married John Stringfel-
low, of Carthens, Pa.
CARSON C. GILLETTE'— Bom June 22, 1854.
Lives at New Milford, Pa.; a Baptist minister.
HUGH GILLETTE'— Born September 29, 1865.
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Children of Alma Augusta (Orvis) and Nathan McCloskey
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse5 — Alma A.6
MARGARET McCLOSKEY — Born July 15, 1866, at Hiner's Run, Pa.
LLEWELYN ORVIS McCLOSKEY7 — Born June 29, 1868, at Hiner's
Run, Pa.
ORRIN NOBLE McCLOSKEY1— Bom April 14, 1870, at Hiner's Run, Pa.
KATHARINE LA RINE McCLOSKEY— Born February 21, 1877, at Hin-
er's Run, Pa.
Children of Irene (Orvis) and Aaron Victor Gillette
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David- — Eleazers — Jesse4 — Jesse1 — Irene6
LAURA ANN GILLETTE7— Born March 10, 1856. Died March 10, 1859.
NETTIE ESTELLE GILLETTE7— Born February 18, 1859. Married Sim-
eon Wilcox.
HORACE BYRON GILLETTE7— Born December 5, 1860. Died November
24, 1891.
CARRIE AUGUSTA GILLETTE— Born April 2, 1863. Married George
Gee.
Children of Luransa (Orvis) and Matthew Stewart
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William* — Gershom4 — Chester3 — Luransa6
FRANK STEWART7— Born 1844. Died 1864, in Civil War.
WILLIAM H. STEWART— Born 1846. Died in railroad accident, 1893.
CHARLES M. STEWART7— Born 1848 or 1849. Moved to Dakota.
PHOEBE STEWART— Bom 1853. Died about 1890. Married ( ? )
Graves.
HATTIE STEWART— Born 1855 or 1856. Died 1882.
EMMA STEWART7— Born 1858 or 1859. Died 1881.
EVA STEWART— Born 1858 or 1859. Died 1882.
Emma and Eva were twins.
NELLIE STEWART7— Bom 1860 or 1861. Died 1880.
MAY STEWART7— Born about 1865. Married ( ? ) Neiss.
FLORENCE STEWART7— Born about 1867. Married ( ? ) Jordan.
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THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Charles Waitstill Orvis and Bethia (Selleck)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel3 — William' — Waitstill4 — John Mills3 —
Charles Waitstill"
JOHN MILLS7 — Born January 5, 1858, at Salem, Kenosha County, Wis.
Married March 17, 1887, at Fairfield, Wis., Margaret M. (Clowes),
of Darien, Wis., daughter of Charles and Agnes (McArthur) Clowes.
Charles was born in New Brunswick, Agnes in Glasgow, Scotland. John Mills is
president of the Orvis Music House, a corporation, at Missoula, Montana.
ADELAIDE MARY7— Bom July 6, 1859. Married Hugh Cooper, who died
at Waterford, Wis., in February, 1920.
Her husband became totally blind in late years, just as did his father. She was
fond of needle work and did much to help the sick and distressed.
FLORA BETHIA7— Born November 3, 1860, at Salem, Wis.
Lived at the old home at Salem, Kenosha, County, Wis. She was a school teacher,
receiving her education at the State Normal School at Whitewater, Wis.
CHARLES SEYMOUR7— Bom March 29, 1862. Married Ada Stevens
(Wells) , of Joliet, 111.
Lived at Hamilton, Mont. Was a carpenter and a wanderer, but always saved his
earnings. Later was a merchant.
HARRY FRANKLIN— Born October 13, 1863, at Salem, Wis. Married
July 3, 1894, Jennie (Hammond), who was born August 6, 1871, at
Burlington, Wis., daughter of Christopher and Dorothy (Burnett)
Hammond.
HARRY FRANKLIN ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — SamueP — William3 — Waitstill4 — John Mills'
— Charles Waitstill0 — Harry Franklin1
Live at Camp Lake, Wis. Was a contractor and builder and proprietor of a sum-
mer hotel at Camp Lake, near Salem, Kenosha County, Wis.
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111
LEVI C— Born January 23, 1866.
Lived on the home farm at Salem, Wis. Farmer and breeder of fancy Holstein
cattle. His hearing- was affected by measles in his youth.
JUSTIN K.'— Born November 6, 1870, at Salem, Wis. Married (1) Septem-
ber 13, 1896, Lucia Davenport (Minnis) ; (2) October 12, 1915, Myr-
tle (Shaw), daughter of John and Katura (Griffith) Shaw, of Toledo,
Ohio.
JUSTIN K. ORVIS
Male Line: George"-
-Waitstill' — John Mills3
John Shaw came from Bolton, Lancashire, England. Justin K. called upon the
author of this book and they had dinner together at the old Smith & McNeill restaurant
in New York on April 14, 1914. He was raised on a farm and became a school teacher;
worked on the construction of the Wisconsin Central Railroad; attended the State Nor-
mal School at Whitewater. Lived at Madison, Wisconsin, for two years and moved
July 9, 1895, to Waukegan, 111., which is thirty-five miles north of Chicago on the shores
of Lake Michigan. Waukegan was formerly known as Little Fort. Here it was that
the old French missionaries camped — La Salle and others. It received its name from the
112 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Children of Charles Waitstill Orvis and Bethia (Selleck) continued
Indian name for little fort (Waukegance). Just seventeen miles north of Waukegan,
in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, formerly called South Port, his father landed in the
early days from the largest boat then sailing on the lakes and captained by John Tuttle,
who was the husband of Eliza Orvis, sister of Charles Waitstill. Ever since the town
of Waukegan was organized, Justin K. has been identified with most of its business
movements and charitable causes. He is a lawyer with a large country practice, having
been admitted to the bar in 1895. Was of the firm of Orvis & Beaubien and has won
some very important cases. His partner, Alexander P. Beaubien, is the great grand-
son of the first white child born in Fort Dearborn (now Chicago).
Justin K. was president of the Illinois Abstract Company, which he organized. He
was candidate for Circuit Judge and was secretary and treasurer of the Waukegan
Public Library which was organized in 1897. Was secretary of the Cherington Manu-
facturing Company of Waukegan and secretary and financial manager of the Waukegan,
Rockford & Elgin Traction Company, an interurban railroad of North Illinois, which
he built.
Removed to Chicago, 111., in 1914, and continues in the same line.
Lived at 5825 Race Avenue, Chicago, 111.
He was a member of Company C, First Regiment of Wisconsin, which was located
at Whitewater. Wis., and this is where he formerly attended State Normal School.
He is president of Westlawn Cemetery Association, the cemetery of which is lo-
cated on Michigan Avenue, adjoining Detroit, Mich.
Is an official of Earltex Petroleum Company of Oklahoma and is interested in
mining in Northern Idaho.
He believes Woodrow Wilson is the greatest man this country ever had. He is a
member of the Christian Science Church.
Children of Jane (Orvis) and John Osgood
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill4 — John Mills5 — Jane6
MARY OSGOOD7— Married ( ? ) Clifford.
ANNA OSGOOD7— Married ( ? ) Roberts.
ELIZA OSGOOD7
Children of Mary (Orvis) and Charles Curtiss
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill' — John Mills3 — Mar;
ANNA L. CURTISS7
WALKER MILLS CURTISS7
MARY B. CURTISS7
GRACE CURTISS7
Children of James C. Orvis and ( ? )
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Ambrose1 — Ambrose5 — James C.6
ALTON DEA7— Born January 20, 1868, at Dearborn Mills, Mich. Married
Lillian Adele (King), daughter of Le Grande Morse and Sarah
(Wright) King.
Lived at Oak Park. Had office in Marquette Building. Was a designer and builder.
He had in his possession the old family Bible of Ambrose, Sr., which contained the
family records.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Ambrose Curtis Orvis and Priscilla ( ? )
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William1 — Ambrose4— Ambrose5 — Ambrose Curtis0
FRANK ALTON7— Born December 15, 1853, in Lyon Township, Oakland
County, Mich. Married February 23, 1888, Alice (Bennett), of Mil-
ford, Mich., where they lived.
ADA D.7— Born May 10, 1857. Married Warren W. Bamber.
Lived 376 St. Claire Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Children: Fred, Bruce, Dore, Cora,
Florence.
MINNIE E.T— Born April 3, 1861. Married Marvin Bursch.
Lived Justin, Texas. Children: Verne, Viva, Lilia.
CORA M. — Born May 2, 1867. Married William H. Butterfield.
Lived Texas City, Texas. Had son, Fred.
Children of William Sylvester Orvis and Sally (Graham)
HIEL FRANKLIN7— Born August 4, 1848, at Milford, Mich. Died April
4, 1892, at Chicago Heights, 111. Married October 13, 1868, (1) Se-
villa C. (Hardy) at Fox Lake, Wis., who died March 29, 1880; (2)
at Roseland, Wis., January 23, 1883, Georgia A. (Sizer), who was
born in May, 1849, at Rosendale, Wis.
Georgia A. Silzer studied medicine and graduated from Bennett Medical College,
Chicago, 111., in 1900 and practiced in Muskogee, Okla. Hiel Franklin graduated from
Bennett Medical College in May, 1891. His health was poor and in 1884 he went to
the Pacific Coast, living in San Francisco, Cal., for one and a half years. In May, 1886,
he returned to Wisconsin and then went to New York and graduated from Fowler &
Well's Institute of Phrenology. He died of la grippe. Had a son born March 29, 1880.
Died at birth.
FLORILLA MAY7— Bom February 4, 1858, at Mackford, Green Lake, Wis.
Married December 2, 1875, at Mackford, Wis., Corydon E. Wilsey,
who was born January 28, 1854, at Milford, Mich.
Lived at 1679 Lafond Street, St. Paul, Minn. Children: Roy Orvis Wilsey, born
December 7. 1883; Hiel Orvis Wilsey, born August 4, 1890.
MYRA ANN7 — Born December 16, 1864, at Mackford, Wis. Died July 18,
1865, at Mackford, Wis.
Children of Mary (Orvis) and James Hope
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Gershom4 — Horatio5 — Mary6
MARY ELIZABETH HOPE7 — Married Dr. Beers, and lived in Montreal.
JAMES ARTHUR HOPET
114 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Henry Orvis and Prudence (Howland)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William' — Gershom« — Chester' — Henry'
DAVID'— Died young.
CORNELIA — Married Charles C. Douglas, and lived in Philadelphia, Pa.
CYNTHIA7— Married George W. Douglas, brother of Charles C. Douglas.
Live in Philadelphia, Pa.
Children of William Orvis and Carrie E. (Groger)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David1 — Eleazer3 — Jesse' — Eleazer1 — William8
WILLIAM H.7— Born June 16, 1878, at Portland, Clinton County, Mich.
Married October 3, 1911, Jennie (Brennan), at Lansing, Mich., who
was born March 6, 1877, at Williamston, Mich., daughter of Richard
Brennan.
Live at Lansing, Mich. Enlisted in Spanish-American War and served three years.
ELLA J.1— Bom October 23, 1879, at St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Mar-
ried July 11, 1900, at Ironton, Mich., Archie Miller.
Graduate nurse and masseur, both wife and husband. Live at 3972 La Salle Ave-
nue, Los Angeles, Cal.
EVERETT E.:— Born September 28, 1880, at Eagle, Clinton County, Mich.
EULALIA C.7— Born April 3, 1882, at Saginaw, Mich. Married Eoyd
Hippie.
Have one boy and three girls, live at Eveline, Mich.
JOSEPHINE C.7— Born May 27, 1883, at Saginaw, Mich. Married January
15, 1913, George Metz at East Jordan, Mich.
Lived at 3972 La Salle Avenue., Los Angeles, Cal. He is a mason by trade.
VAUGHAN A.7— Born March 8, 1885, at Eveline, Mich. Married Lyda
(Halverston), of Charlevoix, Mich.
Have two daughters.
CARRIE P.7— Born April 21, 1887, at Eveline, Mich.
MARY E.7— Bom July 3, 1890, at Eveline, Mich.
GERTIE M.7— Bom February 6, 1892, at Eveline, Mich.
MORTIMER F.7 — Born February 6, 1894, at Eveline, Mich.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Sereno Norton Orvis and Anne (Lowe)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer' — Joseph' — Timothy Butler' — Sereno Norton6
JOSEPH HARDING— Bom July 17, 1882, at Sumner, Iowa. Married
Mayme Pfiffner, August 17, 1S04, at Emmetsburg, Iowa.
He was a train despatcher and resided at Estherville, Iowa.
EDITH-- Born December 17, 1871. Died January, 1908. Married Edwin
Wynn, September 1, 1890.
MILLICENT M.7— Born August 17, 1874. Married Dr. William L. Whit-
mire, January 6, 1894.
Did live at Sumner, Iowa.
A SON — Died in infancy, 1877.
ALMA ESTHER7— Born February, 1879. Married November, 1898, Ray
Pease, who died September 28, 1914.
She was a school teacher; he was a farmer.
SERENO NORTON, JR. — Born October 10, 1884.
All children of Sereno Norton Orvis were born in Sumner, Iowa.
Children of Joseph Emerson Orvis and Eugenia Candice (Fuller)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — David4 — Uriel Hawley5 — Joseph Emerson6
ELYRIA — Died in infancy.
GEORGE7— Died at four years of age.
HERBERT URIEL7— Died at six years of age.
JULIA LOUISE— Married Fredericks. Hyde.
Lived at 40 Orvis Street, Massena, N. Y.
JOSEPH EMERSON, JR.7— Died at 23 years years of age at Deland, Fla.
in 1884.
Children of Joseph Emerson Orvis and Alice Caroline (Stevens), Second Marriage
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — David1 — Uriel Hawley1 — Joseph Emerson6
URIEL HERBERT7— Died at eight months.
FREDERICK STEVENS7— Died at 11 months.
FRANCIS BREWER— Bom November 21, 1875, at Massena, N. Y. Mar-
ried September 12, 1905, at Asbury Park, N. J., Ella Louise (Ren-
ton).
Lived at 1091 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Was at one time in the Freight
Department. A. T. & S. F. R. R. (See Notes.)
116 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of James Riley and Lucy H. (Heath)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer3 — Joseph' — Timothy Butler5 — James Riley*
MARY HELEN1— Born August 7, 1851, at Hamilton, N. Y. Died at Flora,
111., March 4, 1858.
WILLIAM HENRY— Born May 28, 1856, at Flora, 111. Died November
28, 1857.
JEANNIE LUTHERIA— Born June 28, 1858, at Flora, 111. Married at
Fayette, Iowa, November 16, 1911, Ambrose D. Allen, of Sumner,
Bremer County, Iowa, at her home.
Was a music teacher. From her the compiler of this book obtained much valuable
information culled from her father's papers and her own observation and knowledge of
the family and its branches.
Her father. James Riley, industriously sought for and gathered much data, intend-
ing to publish a genealogy of the Orvis family, but like many other members of our
family delayed until it was too late.
CHARLES HERBERT— Born January 18, 1862, at Rockford, 111. Died
November 11, 1911, at Savanna, 111. Married August 21, 1889, at
Oxford Mills, Eva (Keller).
He was a locomotive engineer and was killed by a switch engine at Savanna, 111.
Is buried at Fayette, Iowa, beside his parents in Grand View Cemetery. Eva Keller
was a German lady and lived at one time at Marion, Iowa.
JOHN JAMES— Born September 2, 1865, at Rockford. 111. Married De-
cember 15, 1884, Margaret Ann (Benge), at Lawler, Iowa.
Family lived at 2217 Prospect Avenue, Kansas City. He was an advertising writer
and is part time in Chicago.
Children of Cornelia (Orvis) and Oliver Potter
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David= — Eleazer3 — Joseph4 — Timothy Butler5 — Cornelia8
MARY (or MAMIE) POTTER5 — Born January 2, 1858, near Belvidere,
111. Died in the fall of 1909 in Los Angeles, Cal. Married Horatio
Harrison in May, 1875.
Buried at Covina, Cal. Four children.
CARL WORTHINGTON POTTER1— Married Anna (Reynolds).
Lived at Covina, Cal. Owns orange ranch. Three children.
JESSIE POTTER7— Born Garnaville, Iowa. Died in infancy.
WILLIS POTTER1— Born July, 1869. Married ( ? ).
Los Angeles; two children.
GRACE POTTER7— Born in Fredericksburg, Iowa, in May, 1876. Married
William Goodrich.
Live Covina, Cal. Four children.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Victor Marcy Orvis and Lucretia (Taylor)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill1 — Francis5 — Victor Marcy"
HENRY CLAY7— Born September 18, 1845. Married (1) Frances (Rich-
ardson), September 22, 1867, who died March 14, 1891, at West
Union, Neb. He married November 23, 1893, (2) Mrs. Loghry.
Mrs. Loghry's maiden name was Van Houten and was the widow of ( ? )
Chapman, who was killed by a horse five months after the marriage. Both Chapman
and Loghry were soldiers.
Henry Clay served in the War of the Rebellion for one year, having enlisted at
the age of 15 in Company D, 12th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Cavalry.
Mr. and Mrs. Loghry lived as man and wife for 21 years and raised a family of
ten children. Afterwards she lived as the wife of Henry Clay Orvis for 20 years.
On June 23, 1914, he wrote the author of this book from the Soldiers' Home in
Burkett, Neb.
JOHN
Brother of Henry Clay. Did live at Sargent, Neb.
LUCINDA7— Married ( ? ) Adams.
Did live at North Street, Dubuque, Iowa.
DELILAH— Married ( ? ) Smith.
Lived at 690 Downey Road, Los Angeles, Cal.
Children of George Eleazer Orvis and Nancy E. (Rose)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Eleazer5 — George Eleazer6
JOHN (Called JAY) HOLDEN— Born May 2, 1878. Married November
7, 1906, to Hulda (Squires).
Live at Mansfield, Pa., R. F. D. 1.
GEORGE RUSSEL— Born August 26, 1880. Died October 15, 1903.
ESTHER MAY7— Born September 2, 1882. Married June 1, 1904, Lee'W.
Reynolds.
Live at Troy, Pa.
JENNIE ROSE7— Born May 2, 1885. Married April 27, 1909, to Orey E.
Crippen.
Live at Mansfield, Pa., R. F. D. 1.
Children of Benjamin Calvin Orvis and ( ? )
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Waitstill' — Malachi" — Benjamin Calvin"
JAMES CALVIN7— Born May 12, 1842. Married Delia (Haskell), who was
born March 10, 1851.
Lived at East Dickenson, N. Y. Went West after the Civil War.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Emri Pierre Orvis and Caroline (Putnam)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Francis5 — Emri Pierre8
THEODORE WALLACE7— Born July 11, 1846, at Decatur, 111. Died in
1898 at Perry, Iowa. Married Emeline (Raster), October, 1867.
Served two years in Civil War.
ARVILLA7 — Bom about 1850 in Illinois. Married William Raster.
Did live at Delaware, Iowa.
FLORENCE VIOLA7— Born October 21, 1848, in Illinois. Died in 1912.
Married Dolf Reynolds.
ALICE ELIZABETH7— Born Decatur, Illinois. Died in 1916 in Manchester.
Iowa. Married Allan E. Barr, a lawyer, in Chicago, 111.
They had an adopted son, Jay Cook Barr.
WILLIAM ELMER7— Born November 28, 1863, at Manchester, Iowa. Mar-
ried January 13, 1892, at Gilmore City, Iowa, Mabel Amy (Guern-
sey) , daughter of Moses H. and Nelldora Guernsey.
He is the owner of a meat market and did live at 547 West Fifth Street, Spencer,
Iowa.
FANNIE ZERUAH7— Born in 1869 in Manchester, Iowa. Married Jay H.
Gromon in 1892.
FRANCIS EUGENE7— Born 1871 in Manchester, Iowa. Married Minnie
(McClitchie) in 1892.
Children of Gertrude L. (Orvis) and Myron Congdon
HUGH WORTHINGTON CONGDON7— Born July 14, 1869, at Sumner,
Iowa. Married Annie (Fuller), of Sumner, Iowa, at that place.
Have two children. Live at Hanford, Ring County, Cal.
ALICE BREVIER CONGDON7— Born February 1, 1878, at Sumner, Iowa.
Married at Sumner, Iowa, George Roebesle.
Two boys, both born in Los Angeles, Cal., the home of the family.
Children of Calvin H. Orvis and ( ? )
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — -Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Malachi5 — Calvin H."
GREELEY HENRY7
Minister, M. E. denomination. Was at Gardner's Corners, Lewis County, N. Y., in
1896.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Elisha R. Orvis and Ella L. (Squires)
i Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse'1 — Eleazer5 — Elisha R.6 '
WILLIAM ISAAC7— Bom October 19, 1890.
Middle name that of his grand -father. —
ESTHER HULDA — Born March 30, 1896.
Middle name that of her grand-mother.
Children of Waitstill Miller Orvis and Harriet (Banker)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Francis5 — Waitstill Miller6
HARRY7— Born December 30, 1861. Died in infancy.
FRANKLIN C.7— Born July 2, 1864.
Is a farmer and lives near the town of Wilisonville, Neb.
FREDERICK K.7— Born February 8, 1870, at Svcamore, 111. Married Feb-
ruary 5, 1893, Mary (Embretson) at St. Olaf, Iowa, daughter of
Thomas Embretson.
He was cashier of the Farmers' State Bank at St. Olaf, Iowa., in 1922. Has been
for many years in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co.
HERBERT— Born November 2, 1871, at Sycamore, 111.
CHARLES7 — Born June 4, 1874, near Manchester, Iowa. Died November
1, 1899.
Children of Joseph M. Orvis and Amanda Malvina F. (Sage)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Joseph1 — Timothy Butler1 — Joseph M.°
ADDISON7 — Died unmarried at Waterloo, Iowa, of spinal meningitis.
SARAH7— Married Wilmer Wilmot.
Lived at Santa Anna, Cal.
GERTRUDE7— Died at Sumner, Iowa, about 1866.
ORISSA — Married Charles Rheubotham.
Did live at Santa Anna, Cal. He was a jeweler and once lived at Ocean Side. Cal.
LINCOLN7— Died in Illinois.
JOSEPH7 and another died young and were buried in Sumner, Iowa.
FREDERICK7 — Married and lived in De Luz, Santiago County, Cal.
120 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of S. Alonzo Orvis and Fanny (Hill)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — "William3 — Waitstill4 — Malachi5— Alonzo'
LAURA L.7— Born April 5, 1840, in Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N. Y. Died
1890. Married ( ? ) Wilcox.
FRANK E. — Bom November 24, 1842, at Newton Falls, Ohio.
FLETCHER L. — Born November 22, 1844, at Newton Falls, Ohio.
SAMANTHA M.7— Born August 9, 1854, at Newton Falls, Ohio.
KATE7
WILLIAM HILL7— Born November 27, 1856, at Shell Rock, Ohio. Married
about 1880, Annie (Downs).
Lived on a farm near there.
ELLA A.7— Bom February 9, 1859, at Shell Rock. Iowa. Married Edward
Downs.
He was a brother of the wife of William Hill Orvis.
Children of Samuel Harding Orvis and Lucy Ann (Eddy)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Joseph4 — Timothy Butler5 —
Samuel Harding8
R1DELL— Born at Hamilton about 1854.
By second marriage: a son, who married.
Children of Hannah Mari (Orvis) and Edward Adams
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstil^-'Josephus5 — Hannah Mari8
HIRAM WALLACE ADAMS7— Bom December 10, 1846. Married Doro-
thea Frederika (Dollick) in Cleveland, Ohio.
Live in South Newfane, Vt.
ANN ROSETTE ADAMS7— Born December 10, 1848, at South Newfane,
Vt. Married July 6, 1872, Marvin Selvin Chase at Chicago. 111.,
who was bom February 4, 1844, at Coynta, Chemung (now Schuy-
ler) County, N. Y., son of Dr. Zalman Fowler and Hannah (White)
Chase.
Dr. Z. F. Chase was a well-known physician of Elmira, N. Y„ for years.
Annie (Adams) Chase lives now at 3251 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111. She
was known as "Rose" and also as "Annie."
LILLA JEANETTE ADAMS7— Bom February 5, 1861. Married (1) War-
ren Tibbetts; (2) George Lyon.
By first marriage had two sons: Edward Horace Tibbetts, Charles Warren Tibbetts.
Both live in or near Boston, Mass.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Reuben Harlow Orvis and Sara Elizabeth (La Due)
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David1' — Eleazer3 — Joseph4 — Joseph6 — Reuben Harlow"
JOSEPH L. — Died May, 1912.
BYRON W. — Died in 1863.
OTTO A.:
Did live in St. Louis, Mo.
FREMONT L.7
Did live in Kansas City, Mo.
WILLIAM LANE7
Did live in Kansas City, Mo.
LAURA A.7— Married ( ? ) Miller.
Lived at Napoleon, Ohio.
PEARL M.7— Married ( ? ) Williams.
Lived at Kansas City, Mo.
EDLUMLANCY7 (NELL)— Married ( ? ) Dix, of Caldwell, Ohio.
RECELLUS W.7— Born January 22, 1843, at Marlboro. Stark County, Ohio.
Died in 1916 at San Antonio, Tex. Married November 1, 1866, at
Edenburg, Portage County, Ohio, Harnet L. (Rogers).
He was a bookkeeper and manager for R. Pendleton at San Antonio, Texas, where
he died in 1916.
From a San Antonio, Texas, paper:
R. W. Orvis, 73 years old, a veteran of the Union army and an elder of the Central
Christian Church, died at 9:55 o'clock Saturday morning at his desidence. 603 West
Mistletoe avenue following an apoplectic stroke last Wednesday morning. Following
the attack Mr. Orvis remained unconscious, and friends and relatives gave up hope for
his recovery Saturday morning.
In the course of his twenty-one years' residence here, Mr. Orvis had not missed
more than one or two services at the Central Christian Church. He was at one time
superintendent of the Sunday School and always conducted a Sunday School class. For
many years Mr. Orvis was connected with the Pendleton Grain Company.
He came here from Colorado, where he was engaged in church work for a number of
years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Miss Eva, both of San Antonio;
three brothers. 0. A. Orvis, of St. Louis, Mo., F. L. and W. L. Orvis, of Kansas City,
Mo., and three sisters, Mrs. Laura Miller, of Ohio, Mrs. Pearl Williams, of Kansas City,
and Mrs. Nell Dix, of Idaho. The body is being held by the Shelley-Loring Undertaking
Company, pending funeral arrangements.
Children of Mary (Orvis) and Paige Morrison
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Philander"' — Mary"
PHOEBE MARIA7 — Married A. W. Peet and lived in Burlinsrton. Vt.
Had a daughter, Minnie P. Peet,
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Children of Willard Orvis and Elizabeth (Davis)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Oliver4 — Samuel5 — Willard8
HENRY WILLARD7— Born March 21, 1832, at Pittsford, N. Y. Died May
20, 1912. Married at Lowell, Mass, February 17, 1855, Lodoiska
(Sunbury), daughter of Daniel and Polly ( ? ) Sunbury, of
Newport, Province of Quebec, Canada.
He and his father and Josiah Stebbins Orvis were formerly in business together
in Holyoke or South Hadley Falls, Mass. Lived at 9505 Gaylord Avenue, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Henry Willard Orvis says: George Orvis was the eldest of three brothers, George.
William and Samuel, who migrated from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1629.
In the early seventies "The Old Squire" Orvis still held the family estates or
"holdings." This information I received from an old Irish gentleman who claimed to
know the Orvis family well. If memory serves me rightly, the family lived in or near
Omaga, County Tyrone, or it might have been Armagh in the County of Armagh.
CHARLES BENJAMIN7— Born March 31, 1834, at Monroe, Mich. Married
(1) Flavilla ( ? )
He was in clothing business in Ft. Wayne, Ind.
(2) Etta (Hartman), of Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Children: Genevieve Virginia, who married Jas. Evans. Lived at St. Louis, Mo.;
and Charles W., an actor, who lived in New York and died in Ft. Wayne of paresis.
(3) Sadie ( ? ).
Had son, Fred, born 1892. Died 1906 at Chicago, 111. Mother did live at Benton
Harbor, Mich.
GILBERT BURTON7— Born 1836 at Ft. Gratoit, Mich. Died in Ft. Wayne,
Ind., about 1870-5. Married at Ft. Wayne, Ind., Harriet (Ferry),
who died June 28, 1911.
Harriet married (2) Dr. W. W. P. McMillen and lived in Decatur, Ind.
Children: Katherine Brooks, died in infancy.
Minnesota-Peyre-Ferry — Born about 1861 and was about three years old when her
father died. Lived with her mother at Decatur. She married at Ft. Wayne, Ind, John
D. O'Brien, of Marrion, Ind.
Charlotte Thurston — Died in infancy.
Children of Joshua Orvis and Elizabeth (Hill)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Philander5 — Joshua6
JOHN7
ABBIE7
PHILANDER'
LORENZO'
LOIS'
ANN'
JAMES HENRY7
All lived in Bristol and Starkesboro, Vt
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SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Joel Orvis and Lois B. (Lainas)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Philander5 — Joel8
DANIEL HUNTINGTON7— Bom January 3, 1842, at Starkesboro, Vt. Died
March 29, 1922. Married 1861, Lavinia (Elliott), who was born
February 22, 1839, at Lincoln, Vt., and was daughter of John and
Janet (Gilmore) Elliott, who died October 4, 1914, at Lincoln, Vt.
ALBERT— Born 1832 in Starkesboro, Vt. Married (1) Sarah (Elliott),
daughter of John and Janet (Gilmore) Elliott, of Lincoln, Vt., (2)
( ? )■
PHILANDER7
SEVENTH GENERATION— NOTES
From a letter written October 2, 1913, by Francis B. Orvis, then living; at 1091
Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. :
My father, Joseph Emerson Orvis, died the year I was born and I left Massena
when four years old with my mother, who had married again. She married Mr. E.
J. Smith. I have lived in Malone, N. Y., Plattsburg. N. Y., Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich.
Attended the Olivet College Preparatory, Olivet, Mich., and graduated from Amherst
College, Amherst, Mass., in 1899. My mother, Alice Caroline Stevens (now Mrs. E. J.
Smith), lives in Romeo, Mich. She was born in Fort Covington, N. Y.. and was in the
first graduating class of Pottsdam Normal; was the first government teacher of the
St. Regis Indians. My father met her, when teaching school in Massena. He continued
the many interests of his father, Col. Uriel H. Orvis, traveling much and I believe was
known to many of the Orvises in your "Outlines." He came to New York and Boston
each year on business and owned a large tract of land in Minnesota or Wisconsin and
frequently went West on that account. He went to California when the overland route
was opened and returned by way of the Panama Isthmus, a trip of many peculiar ad-
ventures. He died in middle age, suddenly of typhoid.
My grand-uncle, Frederick Orvis, lived in Waddington, N. Y., and I think he is
buried there. I never knew he had any children. There was a David Orvis, my uncle,
who was in New York a few years, studying law, but his health failed and he returned
to Massena. He ran for Assembly, but died before election day. He was well-known,
being of a very attractive and sociable disposition.
Gad Orvis had one daughter who married Mr. John P. Squire, of Boston. I think
they had a son named John P. Squire. Another daughter married a Mr. Kimball, of
Boston. They had one son named Washington Kimball.
Family report is that my great-grandfather, David Orvis, of Windsor, Vt., was a
soldier in the Revolution, but the records of Vermont are incomplete. There were two
companies of militia from Columbia County, Vt. The names of all the enlisted men
of one — Hatch's Company — were destroyed by fire.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Francis Wayland Orvis and Emma Gertrude (Heacock)
ORA LUCILE — Born August 6, 1887, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married No-
vember 14, 1910, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wesley W. Fulkersin, who
was born April 12, 1883, at Sunshine, Pa., son of John Alvin and
Cora ( ? ) Fulkersin, of Sunshine, Pa.
Wesley W. is a painter and decorator. Lived in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Norfolk, Va., Hackensack, N. J., Wyandotte, Mich., and 20 North Line, Ford City, Mich.
ORA LUCILE ORVIS and WESLEY W. FULKERSIN
Children (left to right): Walter Bentley9, Francis Alvin9. Elton James9
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Jesse' — Jesse5 — Edward Everett8
— Francis Wayland7 — Ora Luciles
EUGENE LUVOIS ORVIS
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse5 — Edward Everett"
— Francis Wayland1 — Eugene Luvoiss
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Children of Francis Wayland Orvis and Emma Gertrude (Heacoek) continued
EUGENE LUVOIS — Born September 26, 1888, at Bloomsburg, Columbia
County, Pa. Married August 19, 1922, Marie Isabel Carlstrand, at
Brooklyn, N. Y., who was born February 14, 1891, at Brooklyn,
N. Y., daughter of Charles and Mary (Brophy) Carlstrand.
Following graduation from Hackensack, N. J., High School in 1905, took up print-
ing and was proofreader on New York Herald from 1907 to 1915. Also, from 1912, at-
tended Law School of New York University, being graduated therefrom and admitted
to Bar of New York State in 1916. Practiced law until April 1, 1917, travelling in
Central Europe for three months in second year of World War (1916). Entered army
April 1, 1917, at Camp Sevier, South Carolina, serving with Thirtieth (Old Hickory)
Division, which went overseas May 1, 1917, and was brigaded continuously with British
forces in Ypres-Lys Offensive and on Somme Front, where Hindenburg Line was shat-
tered September-October, 1917, by Thirtieth and Twenty-seventh Divisions in conjunc-
tion with British and Australian forces. On return from war service became Commerce
Counsel to and partner in firm of Harold H. Orvis & Bro, traffic managers, with offices
in New York and Philadelphia. Resides now at 420 Second Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
HAROLD HEACOCK— Born March 22, 1891, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mar-
ried June 25, 1921, at Philadelphia, Pa., Leora Alice (Chappell),
who was born March 27, 1892, at Carthage, Ind., daughter of
Thomas and Alice (Parker) Chappell, of North Carolina.
HAROLD HEAC
Male Line: George"—
id LEORA ALICE (CHAPPELL) ORVIS
Was traffic manager and went to war in the World War. Was stationed at Camp
Merritt in the traffic department during the entire enlistment. Mustered in February
2, 1918; made Corporal April 22, 1918; Sargeant, September 25, 1918; Sargeant, First
Class, May 1, 1919. Discharged June 2, 1919.
Marriage ceremony took place in Friends' Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa., both being members of that society. Resides at East Orange, N. J.
Is member of the firm of Harold H. Orvis & Bro., at 47 West 42d Street, New York
City and Commonwealth Trust Building, Philadelphia. Pa.
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Children of Francis Wayland Orvis and Emma Gertrude (Heacock) continued
EDWARD ERNEST— Born November 26, 1892, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Was in the War Department (Panama Canal Service) during the World War. Is
in Linotype Composition business in Hackensack, N. J.
Fond of outdoor sports. Won many medals for long and short distance running.
Also fond of hunting, which he indulged in both in Canal Zone and in mountains of
New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania. Many trophies adorn the walls of
the old home at Hackensack.
EDWARD ERNEST ORVIS
Children of Jessie Lee (Orvis) and Charles Burlingame
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse5 — Edward Everett6
— Jessie LeeT
JOSEPHINE MAY BURLINGAME8— Born November 22, 1885, at El-
mira, N. Y.
Is a nurse and lives at 173 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta, Ga.
HELEN BURLINGAME5— Born July 28, 1889, at Jersey Shore, Pa. Mar-
ried (1) Jesse J. Adams, Jr., of Winston-Salem, N. C., at Greens-
boro, N. C. ; (2) November 1, 1920, Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, 3d,
at 173 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta, Ga., where they live.
Children: Francis Lee Adams, born December 28, 1908, at Winston-Salem, N, C;
Virginia Catherine Adams, born January 5, 1911, at Winston-Salem, N. C; Lucius Jere-
miah Gartrell (4), born November 20, 1921. at Atlanta, Ga.
LEE ORVIS BURLINGAME"— Born February 4, 1897, in Elmira, N. Y.
Was in the Naval Service during the World War. Was with the firm of Robeling
at Atlanta, Ga. Later with Provident Life & Trust Co.
Lives at 173 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta, Ga.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Ellis Lewis Orvis and Mary Lowrie (Lyon)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse1 — John Holden" — Ellis Lewis'
ANNE VALENTINE LYONs— Born February 5, 1886, in Bellefonte, Pa.
Died in November, 1920, in New York City. Married October 17,
1907, Clarence Lamont Arnold.
He is a Captain in United States Navy.
CAROLINE ELIZABETH5— Born March 24, 1890, in Bellefonte, Pa. Mar-
ried December 25, 1909, Lewis Blaney Harvey, of Roanoke, Va.
Children of Jennie Irene (Orvis) and A. E. Canfield
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse4 — Jesse6 — John Holden*
—Jennie Irene7
JOHN ORVIS CANFIELD'— Born December 3, 1886. Died in infancy.
CAROLINE EMMA CANFIELD'— Born November 4, 1888.
ALBERT EZRA CANFIELD'— Born April 4, 1890.
Children of Anna Mary (Orvis) and Harry Keller
JOHN ORVIS KELLER'— Born April 1, 1893, at Bellefonte, Pa. Married
June 18, 1919, at Connellsville, Pa., Mary Lyons (Gans), who was
born January 15, 1894, at New York, N. Y., daughter of John Ly-
ons and Jane (Frisbie) Gans.
John Lyons Gans is editor of Connellsville "Courier."
John Orvis Keller is head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the
Pennsylvania State College and resides at 808 West College Avenue, State College, Pa.
Has son, John Gans Keller, born January 4, 1921, at Ames, Iowa.
MARTHA KELLER'— Born March 30, 1894, at Bellefonte, Pa. Died Au-
gust 9, 1894, at Bellefonte, Pa.
HENRY KELLER, JR.' — Born June 11, 1895, at Bellefonte, Pa. Married
February 5, 1921, at Bellefonte, Pa., Eleanor Schofield (Parker),
who was born January 11, 1897, at Bellefonte, daughter of George
Ross and Mary C. (Schofield) Parker.
Reside at New Brunswick, N. J.
ELLIS ORVIS KELLER' — Born October 1, 1897, at Bellefonte, Pa.
WILLIAM HUESTIS KELLER'— Born April 14, 1906, at Bellfonte, Pa.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Caroline Atwood (Orvis) and Willford Cameron Stoddard
Male Line: George0 — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer* — Jesse4 — Jesse8 — John Holden9
— Caroline Atwood7
JOHN ORVIS STODDARD8— Born June 12, 1910.
Children of Kendrick Ashbury Orvis and Matilda (Miller)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer' — Roger4 — Samuel* — Eliass — Kendrick A.'
DEXTER ERWIN — Bom December 14, 1855, at Waukesha, Wis. Mar-
ried Sarah J. (Elmer) September 13, 1877, at Rome, N. Y.
Removed to Indianapolis and was there in February, 1921. Lived at Buffalo, N. Y.
CORNELIA EMILY8— Born July 11, 1857, at Waukesha, Wis. Married
Anson R. Hotchkiss, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Lived at South Haven, Michigan.
WILBUR SAMUEL5— Bom November 29, 1869, at Port Leyden, N. Y. Mar-
ried December 24, 1891, at Boston, Mass., Catherine (Stoddard), of
Wheaton, 111.
Was for many years confidential clerk for the Columbus Buggy Co., Travelling
Salesman and Agent for typewriters, etc.
Children of Samuel Emery Orvis and Eleanor (Campbell)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer1 — Roger4 — Samuel5 — Elias8 — Samuel Emery7
EUGENE ELIAS8— Bom August 30, 1855, at Waukesha, Wis. Married (1)
March 16, 1877, Martha H. (Powell), at Freeport, 111., who died
March 15, 1887, in Springfield, 111. He married (2) April 17, 1895,
Ida M. (Stillwagon).
WILLIAM HENRY8— Born August 12, 1857, at Crystal Lake, Waupaca
County, Wis. Married June 6, 1883, at Trenton, Dodge County, Wis.,
Nellie M. (Burchard), who was bom December 27, 1857, at Beaver
Dam, Dodge County, Wis., daughter of Charles Austin and Mary E.
(Page) Burchard.
Reside at 421 Sterling Place, Madison, Wis. Was librarian of the Wisconsin State
Law Library at Madison, Wis.
ALVA FAYETTE8— Born August 24, 1859, at Crystal Lake, Waupaca
County, Wis. Married Sarah (Tyrrell).
ANNA M." — Born June 21, 1866, at Waukesha, Wis. Died in infancy.
Twin sister of Fannie M.
FANNIE M.s— Born June 21, 1866, at Waukesha. Married (1) Walter But-
ler, of Mt. Horeb, Wis.; (2) George McCardle, of Mt. Horeb, Wis.
Twin sister of Anna M.
GEORGE CAMPBELL8— Bom April 2, 1871, at Waukesha, Wis. Married
March 16, 1897, Anna (Kaskey) at Waukesha, who was born at
Milwaukee, Wis., December 23, 1870, daughter of William and Anna
Kaskey.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Alvah Guveria Orvis and Emma Laura (Olin)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David- — Eleazer" — Roger* — Samuel'1 — Elias6 — Alvah G.7
FRANKLIN5— Born June 3, 1862, at Madison, Wis. Died March 27, 1863.
FREDERICK ELIAS — Bom May 2, 1864, at Madison, Wis. Married June
15, 1886, at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Mary Ellen (Crehan),' who was
bom February 14, 1863, at Prairie du Chien, Wis., daughter of Den-
nis and Jane (Powers) Crehan.
Dennis Crehan kept the St. Paul House on the Mississippi River at Prairie du
Chien, which was famous during the days when river navigation was at its heighth
and Indians roamed that part of the country. Like his father Frederick Elias followed
railroading, beginning his career as a locomotive fireman and at present (1922) is one
of the oldest locomotive engineers on the Kansas City Division of the C. M. & St. P. Ry.
In 1887 he moved his family to Madison, Wis., thence to Marion, Iowa; later to Chilli-
cothe, Mo., and then to Ottumwa, Iowa, where with his family he resides at 115 North
Clay Street. He is a devout Catholic, having joined that church in 1903. He is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Columbus.
BERT F.— Bom July 28, 1867, at Madison, Wis. Married December 6,
1893, at Madison, Wis., Florence Emma (Denson), who was born
September 20, 1873, at Spencer, Marathon County, Wis., daughter
of Obadiah Fields and Alice Matilda (Miles) Denson.
Resides at 1022 Drake Street, Madison, Wis.
MINNIE BIRD"— Born May 19, 1873, at Madison, Wis. Married (1) Octo-
ber 26, 1892, Frank Henry Mil ward at Madison, Wis., who was bom
October 1, 1868, at Madison, Wis., son of William Henry and Han-
nah Jane (Brothers) Milward; (2) August 30, 1913, at Freeport, 111.,
William Wallace Kellogg, who was born November 8, 1868, at Oco-
nomowoc, Wis., son of Horacs and Lucy (Carpenter) Kellogg.
Reside at 1518 Franklin Street, Racine, Wisconsin.
Children of Henry Clay Orvis and Frances (Richardson)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Waitstilr" — Francis5 — Victor Marcy"
— Henry Clay7
WINFIELD H.s — Born October 31, 1880, at Norton, Edmund County,
Kans. Married December 7, 1909, Mattie (Noble) at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
He is a locomotive eningeer and did reside at 66 West 3d Street, Dubuque, Iowa.
Children of Mary Alice (Orvis) and Bonnelle W. Rhamy
MARY LOUISE RHAMY' — Born January 14, 1906, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Confirmed in Trinity Church in 1907.
WILLIAM ORVIS RHAMY8— Bom April 1, 1911, at Fort Wayne, Ind.
ISO
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Edwin Waitstill Orvis and Carrie (Emmerton)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1
-Elihu5 — Joseph Upham"
WARNER DAYTON8— Born July 7, 1886, in New York. Married April 14,
1914, in New York City, Clay (Hardin), who was born in Seattle,
Wash., July 14, 1893, daughter of Thomas Bentley and Frances
(Clay) Hardin.
Warner D. Orvis served three years in Squadron A, Cavalry, N. Y. N. G. Received
appointment August 13, 1917, in the Signal Corps, as Inspector of Airplanes. Stationed
at the New York office of the Signal Corps, in charge of Airplane and Accessories In-
spection in the New York District. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps,
January 24, 1918. Transferred to the Standard Aircraft Co., Elizabeth, N. J., in May,
1918, in charge of Airplane Inspection, and detailed to co-operate with the Italian
Caproni Mission in the construction of Caproni Airplanes. Promoted to First Lieuten-
ant, Air Service, July 11, 1918. Honorably discharged December 28, 1918.
Educated at Trinity School, New York City, and Cornell University. CM. E. 1907).
Member of the firm of Orvis Brothers & Co., 60 Broadway, New York City. Mem-
ber of the New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges. Trustee of the Citizens
Savings Bank of New York City. Member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
Resides at 73 East 79th Street, New York City.
WARNER DAYTON ORVIS
-Elihu0 — Joseph Upham8
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Children of Edwin Waitstill Orvis and Carrie (Emmerton) continued
ARTHUR EMERTON— Born July 21, 1888, at South Orange, N. J. Mar-
ried April 20, 1918, in Jersey City, N. J., Mabel Willets (Alker),
who was born in Great Neck, N. Y., June 27, 1896, daughter of Al-
phonse H. and Florence (Ward) Alker.
Arthur E. Orvis, after seven years' service in the Seventh Regiment, New York
National Guard, and including Mexican Border Service as Corporal in 1916, enlisted
July 18, 1917, in the Signal Corps, Aviation Section. Graduated with honors Septem-
ber 29, 1917, from the School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J. On November
24, 1917, injured while flying solo at Hazlehurst Field, Mineola, N. Y., when his air-
plane was run into by another, resulting in a crash upside down from about 175 feet
elevation. Following disability, was honorably discharged from service December 14,
1917. Appointed January 7, 1918, Inspector Airplanes and Airplane Engines, Signal
Corps. April 10, 191S, transferred to Bureau Aircraft Production in charge of inspec-
tion airplane parts. On August 23, 1918, assigned to Department Signal Office, Eastern
Division, as purchasing agent on A. E. F. requisitions. Resignation accepted January
15, 1919. Resides at Port Washington, L. I., N. Y.
Member of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange.
Educated at Trinity School, St. Paul's School and Cornell University.
AT:THl"R EMMERTON ORVIS
illiam-1 — Waitsti
-Arthur Emmert
HOMER WAITSTILL5— Bom August 23, 1890, at South Orange, N. J.
Married October 23, 1920, at Atlanta, Ga., Emma Dempsey (Hill),
who was born October 23, 1901, at Washington, Ga., daughter of
John Lewis Hill, of Washington, Ga.
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Children of Edwin Waitstill Orvis and Carrie (Emmerton) continued
Homer W. Orvis enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps August 14, 1917. Trained at
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. Commissioned Lieutenant April 4, 1918, and sent to
tiossport School for training as instructor. Upon completion of course was assigned
to 86th Squadron, Camp Borden, as instructor in Elementary Flying. Honorably dis-
charged April 3, 1919.
Member of the firm of Orvis Brothers & Co., 60 Broadway, New York City. Mem-
ber of the New York Cotton Exchange.
Educated at Trinity and St. Paul's Schools and Stevens Institute.
Resides at 840 Park Avenue, New York City.
HOMER WAJ.TSTILL ORVIS
Male Line:
-Elihu1 — Joseph Upham"
SCHUYLER ADAMS— Born June 30, 1892, at South Orange, N. J. Mar-
ried October 16, 1915, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Ina (Leland), who
was born January 4, 1890, and is grand-daughter of Major Warren
Leland.
Schuyler A. Orvis saw five years' service with Seventh Regiment, New York Nat-
ional Guard, from 1912 to 1917. On returning with the regiment from Mexican Border
service, he was commissioned First Lieutenant in the First Field Artillery, N. Y. N. G.
Three months later he was commissioned Captain of Battery E, F. F. A., N. Y. N. G.,
and finally received his honorable discharge in March, 1919.
Educated at Trinity School, N. Y., Lawrenceville School, N. J., and Williams College.
Member of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Children of Edwin Waitstill Orvis and Carrie (Emmerton) continued
SCHUYLER ADAMS ORVIS
Children of Sarah Eeleher Nazro (Orvis) and C. A. Hammond
HAROLD ORVIS HAMMOND5— Born April 26, 1886, at Denver, Colo.
Married September 7, 1914, at New York, N. Y., Alida May (Paye),
daughter of John M. and Adeline (Young) Paye.
Educated at Grace Church School and Columbia University.
Children of Julia Nazro (Orvis) and Alexander Bell
-Waitstill— Eli hur'--Josc-ph L'pham"
MARJORIE PARKS BELL —Born May 7, 1893, at Ridgewood, N. J. Mar-
ried September, 1920, in New York City, Gardner P. Eastman.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Harriet Josephine (Orvis) and Henry M. Orne
BEATRICE ORNE*— Bom January 29, 1894, at Ridgewood, N. J. Died
August 6, 1898, at Long Beach, N. J.
EVELYN ORNE'— Born April 5, 1900, in New York City.
Graduated B. A., Barnard College, 1922.
Children of Henry Paine Orvis and ( ? )
ne: Geo
BESSIE5
RUTH" — Married John Pilley, who had a son, Rey.
Children of John Sargeant Orvis and Anna E. Jones
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Levi Church1
— Columbus Augustus8 — John Sargeant"
KATHRYN8— Born January 10, 1896.
Children of Edward Church Orvis and May (Wood)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William" — Waitstill4— Levi Church1
— Franklin Henry* — Edward Church7
EDNA MAY8— Born October 18, 1884, at Manchester, Vt. Married Isaac
Langley Williams.
SARAH WHITIN'— Born January 30, 1889, at Manchester, Vt.
Children of Franklin Keese Orvis and Susan Appleton (Swift)
JULIA SWIFT— Born November 22, 1872, at Dixon, 111.
Is a graduate of Wellesley College. Resides, 1921, 8 Summit Road, Wellesley, Mass.
Professor of History at Wellesley College, Mass.
GERTRUDE SWIFT8— Bom January 16, 1875, at Dixon, 111.
Unmarried. Teacher. Lives at Glenwood, Territory of Hawaii.
DeWITT SWIFT8— Born June 15, 1879. Married Lillian (Thompson) in
Seattle, Wash.
In the lumber business in Seattle, Wash.
Has three children. Live in Bryn Mawr, Wash.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of John J. Orvis and Adelaide (Thompson)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David' — Eleazer" — Roger' — Lorenzo5 — Isaac" — John Jay1
RALPH THOMPSON*— Bom June 2, 1872, at Hamilton, 111. Married Nov-
ember 5, 1901, at San Francisco, Cal., Bertie (Wolf), who was born
May 20, 1873, at San Francisco, Cal., daughter of Henry Wolf.
Ralph Thompson Orvis is a physician in the U. S. Navy.
GULIELMA'— Died in childhood.
EMMA"— Died in childhood.
PHOEBE— Died in childhood.
MARY LOUISA5— Bom May 30, 1878, at Minneapolis, Minn. Married
September 12, 1911, William Davidson Scott, at Buffalo, N. Y., who
was born July 19, 1873, at Minneapolis, Minn., son of Andrew Lor-
raine and Margaret (Davidson) Scott.
He was president of the Janus Vacuum Goods Company, of 10 Beach Street, New
York City. Later moved to Boston and then returned to Brooklyn.
He headed the auto caravan in 1921, which consisted of a large number of families
from Brooklyn and nearby places who went by automobiles to settle in Idaho. Their
journey was a triumphal march, but they experienced many hardships both during- the
trip and after their arrival.
Resides now at Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho. (See Miscellaneous Notes).
Children of Harry Franklin Orvis and Jennie (Hammond)
Male Line: Gee
EVELYN MILDRED"— Born August 17, 1895. Married November 27, 1919,
Roy A. Swenson, of Camp Lake, Wis.
LUCILE DOROTHY5— Born February 16, 1897. Married May 15, 1917.
Guy Harold Johnson.
Live 591 Newell Street, Kenosha, Wis.
VERNA BELLE5— Born December 20, 1898.
CHARLES WESLEY5— Born November 18, 1906.
Children of Arminda (Lewis) and Adam Grimes
[irrianne Roxanna5
RUBY M. GRIMES5— Born April 27, 1888.
MINNIE A. GRIMES5— Bom March 19, 1890.
LUCY ADELLA GRIMES4— Born July 20, 1893.
136 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Justin K. Orvis and Myrtle (Shaw)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel8 — "William3 — Waitstill* — John M
— Charles Waitstill6 — Justin K.v
LLOYD ROBILLARD5— Born 1890 ; adopted child.
JOHN JUSTIN— Born September 19, 1916.
LOIS MYRTLE— Born July 15. 1918.
Children of Charles Bruce Orvis and Mary Ada (Snow)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo1 — James* — Charles Bruce
WILLIAM SNOWs— Born November 8, 1893.
LYDIA JANES— Born April 26, 1895.
HENRY BRUCE5— Born May 23, 1897.
Children of Frank Chester Orvis and Kate (Williams)
GRACE ESTHER5— Born August 14, 1880, at Floyd, Floyd County, Iowa.
Was a school teacher and resided at 51 Austin Street, Gouveneur, St. Lawrence
County, N. Y.
PEARL MARGARET5— Born June 19, 1888, at Felts Mills, Jefferson Coun-
ty, N. Y.
Lived at 51 Austin Street, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, N. Y.
Children of Orland Dore Orvis and Angelina Deborah (Case)
-Ambrose5 — Andrew Moore6
W1LFORD D.s— Born August 22, 1871. Died May 14, 1873.
EDITH E.'— -Bom March 27, 1874. Married (1) Edward B. Everard in
1897; (2) Martin T. McKittrick, November 14, 1910.
Lived in Chicago.
FLORENCE ADELLE — Born January 25, 1877. Died May 17, 1881.
ORLENCE D.s— Born July 29, 1884. Married (1) in 1907 Beatrice (Swen-
son), of Brooklyn, N. Y.; (2) ( ? ).
On a bronze tablet on the outside wall of the Scotch Church, corner 96th Street
and Central Park, West, is the name of Orlence D. Orvis, who served in the World War.
Lived 115 West 96th Street, New York, N. Y.
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137
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Orel Dighton Orvis and Caroline (Fulker)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Ambrose1 — Ambrose' — Andrew Moore"
* —Orel Dighton"
LINDA LILIAN5— Born April 17, 1889, in London, England. Married
March 17, 1909, Howard Raymond Campbell.
IRENE ISABEL— Bom November 5, 1894, in Chicago, 111. Married Janu-
ary 26, 1918, Mortimer Edgerton Van Lauter.
GRACE GERTRUDE'— Born May 16, 1896, in Springfield, 111.
OREL DIGHTON, JR.*— Born January 28, 1902, in New York, N. Y.
OREL DIGHTON ORVIS, JR.
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — Ambrose4 — Ambrose5 — Andrew Moore"
— Orel Dighton7 — Orel Dighton, Jr."
Children of William S. Orvis ar.d Ina A. (Cornell)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David' — Eleazer' — Roger1 — Lorenzo1 — James" — William S.7
EMMA JULIA-"— Bom February 15, 1882. Married April 29, 1922, Frank
Wollesley Lowe, at San Francisco, Cal.
Children of Arthur W. Orvis and Harriet (Church)
KENNETH R.s— Born June 21, 1913.
138 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Albert H. Orvis and Linnie P. (Hall)
-Gershom4 — Chester3 — Chester8
CAROLINE8— Born June 14, 1886, in Buffalo County, S. D.
Assistant Public Librarian at Mason City, Iowa. Permanent home, Yankton, S. D.
Librarian in University of North Dakota, Grand Porks.
HARRIET5— Born April 9, 1888, in Buffalo County, S. D. Married August
18, 1920, Gilbert Glenn Bicknell, who was born July 8, 1884, at Pax-
ton, 111., son of Solomon Gilbert and Harriett (Ross) Bicknell.
She is a physician. He is a dentist and resides in Yankton, S. D.
MAUD5— Born December 26, 1890, at Scotland, S. D. Died July 12, 1899.
HERBERT C."— Born March 27, 1900, at Yankton, S. D. Died August 3,
1916.
Children of William Hoffman and Emma Grace (Orvis)
ALICE EVALIN HOFFMAN5— Born October 18, 1895, in Des Moines.
Iowa.
ALICE EVALIN HOFI''.MAN
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 139
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of John Mills Orvis and Margaret M. (Clowes)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill1 — John Mills5
— Charles Waitstill1 — John Mills7
ETHEL LENORE — Born March 4, 1888, at Salem, Wis. Married March
4, 1911, J. G. Reinhard, of Missoula, Mont.
HELEN JOY— Bom April 23, 1894, at Trevor, Wis.
JOHN MILLS5— Bom April 24, 1899, at Missoula, Mont.
Children of Walter Clarence David and Jessie (Harrison)
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — "Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor
— Stella Viola6 — Walter Clarence Davis7
JAMES HARRISON DAVIS1— Born March 6, 1914, at Alamosa, Col.
CARL AUBRY DAVIS5— Born July 5, 1917, at Alamosa, Col.
Children of Franklin Birchard Davis and Irene G. (Fitz)
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill1 — Simeon Victor5
— Stella Viola" — Franklin Birchard Davis7
GEORGE FRANKLIN DAVIS"— Bom February 22, 1912, at Manson, Iowa.
DORIS ISABELLA DAVIS'— Born April 19, 1917, at Manson, Iowa.
Children of Herbert Homer Davis and Mary J. (Rosebrook)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill1 — Simeon Victor5
— Stella Viola" — Herbert Homer Davis7
CATHERINE ESTELLA DAVIS'— Bom August 11, 1911, at Kennewick,
Wash.
MARY FRANCES DAVIS'— Bom August 18, 1914, at Kennewick, Wash.
RUTH LORENE DAVIS5— Born February 15, 1919, at Kennewick, Wash.
Children of George Alfred Orvis and Anna Louise (Simonds)
FRANKLIN WHITEN'— Born September 24, 1903, at Manchester, Vt.
DAVID CLARK1— Born November 6, 1905, in New York City. Died Nov-
ember 9, 1905,
140 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Albert Charles Orvis and Anna Elmina (Simpson)
Male Line: Georg'e" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill"' — Levi Church5
— Charles Frederick6 — Albert Charles7
CHARLES FREDERICK, 2d— Born September 4, 1912, at Burlington, Vt.
Children of Robert Judson Orvis and Anne Augusta (Graves)
RHODA WALKER8— Born July 28, 1900, at Manchester, Vt.
Children of Clarkson Finney Orvis and Mary Ellen (Phelps)
MARY ELLEN5— Bom February 5, 1872. Died May 31, 1915, at Dubuque,
Iowa. Married August 30, 1893, at Princeton, 111., Miles Benjamin
Haines, who was born August 4, 1870, at McClain, McClain County,
111., son of Jacob E. Haines.
Mary Ellen is buried at Juniatta, Neb. Lived at 1102 Huff Street, Lincoln, Neb.,
also at Saybrook, 111.
SUSAN WEALTHY5— Born December 20, 1873, at Atlanta, 111.
Graduated at Grinnel, Iowa, College, 1900. Went as a missionary to Cesarea, Talas,
Turkey, in 1902. Sent out by the Congregational Churches.
EMMA GERTRUDE5— Born April 20, 1878, at Roseland, Neb. Married
March 10, 1904, at Earlville, Iowa, Frank Leslie Gibbs, who was born
September 27, 1877, at Earlville, Iowa, son of Edward and Aida
( ? ) Gibbs.
They lived at Earlville, Iowa. She graduated at Finley Hospital Training School
for Nurses at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1900.
HARRIET ANN5— Born April 20, 1876, at Aye, Adams County, Neb. Mar-
ried April 24, 1917, at Dubuque, Iowa, John Cook, who was born
May 21, 1852, at Badeworth, Sommerset County, England, son of
Jesse and Eliza (Swerse) Cook.
Lived at Dubuque and Earlville, Iowa. She graduated from Wesleyan Training
School for Nurses at Chicago, 111., in 1905.
JULIA EDITH5— Born July 4, 1880. Married November 28, 1905, Edward
Thomas Anderson, M.D.
The fifth girl born on Sunday, July 4th. The father conveyed the information in
a sentence which rivals Caesar's epigram: "Dear Brother — We celebrated the Fourth, on
the Third and the fifth came on the Fourth. Yours truly." She was educated at the
High School at Dubuque. A typewriter and stenographer at Carr, Ryder & Adams fac-
tory, Dubuque.
They lived at Platte, S. D., and later at 3030 Oakland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 141
Children of Clarkson Finney Orvis and Mary Ellen (Phelps) continued
ANN BERDS— Born June 16, 1882. Married March 6, 1901, Oliver B. Wil-
son, who died in 1906.
They lived at Grand Island. Neb. She removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and later to
Manchester, Iowa.
JOHN GURNEYS— Bom September 18, 1884, at Roseland, Neb. Married
December 21, 1910, at Dubuque, Iowa, Anna Viola (Watters), daugh-
ter of Edward and Elizabeth (Metcalf ) Watters.
He graduated at Grinnell, Iowa, College, in 1909. Was in the insurance business
at Dubuque, Iowa, living at 300 Grace Street.
CLARKSON EDWARD8— Born November 1, 1886. Died in infancy.
CLARKSON FREDERICK8— Born September 18, 1891, at Roseland, Adams
County, Neb. Married December 19, 1919, at Earlville, Delaware
County, Neb., Gladys Ella (Smock), who was born June 8, 1901, at
Earlville, Iowa, daughter of William and Velleta Geraldine (Smith)
Smock.
Clarkson F. enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1917 and served until May 4, 1918. Was
discharged from the Naval Hospital at Great Lakes for total disability incurred in line
of duty. Took a four year course in agriculture at the South Dakota State Agricul-
tural College at Brookings, S. D.
Children of Gurney Mahan Orvis and Julia (Green)
A SON8— Bom in 1880. Died at birth.
SUSAN ALMEDA — Bom May 14, 1882, at Nevinsville, Iowa. Married
October 10, 1905, at Dubuque, Iowa, Harry D. Beresford, who died
February, 1920, at Dallas, Texas.
He was a jeweler and lived and was buried at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Susan Almeda was educated at the High School at Dubuque, Iowa; Lenox College,
Hopkinton, Iowa, and Oberlin College. She lived with her two children at Enid, Okla.,
in 1922.
JULIA GREEN8— Born October 1, 1883.
Educated at High School, Dubuque, Iowa, and at Oberlin College. Graduated in
1905. Has been High School teacher at Soldiers Grove, Wis.; Salem, S. D. Was prin-
cipal of High School, Granville, N. D.
Children of Loren Worth Orvis and Mary E. (Schmidt)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David-' — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo' — James6 — Loren Worth1
LORA M.— Born November 28, 1893. Died May 17, 1898.
R. KIETH8— Bom July 18, 1897.
LESLIE B. — Bom July 10, 1899.
142 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Eleazer Orvis and Emeline B. (Warner)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Lorenzo1 — Silas6 — Eleazer7
ELEAZER H.s— Born December 10, 1852, at Oakfield, Wis. Married March
10, 1875, at Oakfield, Wis., Jennie I. (Bristol), who was born Decem-
ber 12, 1855, and died May 31, 1908.
This is the holder of the famous cane and lived at Pilkington, Va., Payne's Siding,
25 miles from Richmond on the Southern R. R., where he removed from Oakfield, Fond-
du-Lac County, Wis. E. H. Orvis says this of the cane:
"The cane is of some kind of cane nearly 1% inches in diameter, has a silver band,
also a large ivory head, which shows that it is old, as it is yellow and badly checked*. It
was given to an Orvis for some valorous deed in the army. There was a silver chain
and medal on the cane giving an account of who gave it, to whom it was given, and
what for, but I never saw that. There was also a gun and sword given, also some kind
of parchment, describing it, but I do not know where they are, but several years ago
there was an Orvis living in Connecticut who had read them, and had seen the gun
and sword, but I have forgotten his address."
Jennie I. (Bristol) Orvis was murdered May 31, 1908. (See Notes.)
Eleazer was a farmer and fancy poultry raiser. Removed to Fond-du-Lac, where
he now lives.
Children of George W. Cook and Emily Hitt (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Loren5 — Lorenzo
ELIZABETH COOK'
LILLIAN COOK5
CHAUNCEY COOK5
LORENZO COOK-
FANNY COOK5
RUTH COOK5
WILLIAM COOK5
MARY COOK5
VERNE COOK'
CARRO COOK5
Children of Elmer Victor and Ella V. (Ahort)
ieorge" — Samuel1 — Samuel1' — William3 — YVaitstill1 — :
— Samuel Levi" — Elmer Victor7
FLORENCE LEVINA— Born January 8, 1909, at Waukegan, 111.
HELEN LAVERNE5— Born May 6, 1911, at Waukegan, 111.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of John James Orvis and Margaret Ann (Benge)
JOHN CARLETON"— Born May 13, 1891, at Fayette, Iowa.
Was drowned in the Missouri River at Kansas City, Mo., August 30, 1913. Was
found on September 3d, and buried that day.
(From St. Louis Daily)
"Kansas City, Mo., August 31, 1913 — Carl Orvis, 21 years old, was drowned at
Kansas City today in the Missouri River, while making a practice swim in preparation
for the ten-mile swimming event to be held Labor Day, under the auspices of the
Kansas City Athletic Club."
MINNIE MAY5— Born March 29, 1894, at West Union, Iowa.
She graduated from the Manual Training School at Kansas City, Mo., in June,
1913. Was employed in the City Library there.
CHARLES WILLIAM5— Bom September 5, 1895, at West Union, Iowa.
MARGARET FRANCES8— Born April 20, 1897.
Children of John Loren Orvis and Elizabeth (Eustace)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Lorenzo5 — Abraham6 — John Loren'
ELIZABETH EUSTACE— Born September 27, 1874. Married Harold
Fuller.
Lives in Watertown, S. D.
EDWIN A.5— Born July, 1877. Died December, 1897.
JOHN LOREN (2) 5— Born December 3, 1879.
Unmarried. Lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
FRANCES RUTH— Born August 9, 1881, in Dixon, 111. Married Charles
Grisdall.
Lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
EUSTACE" — Born 1890 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Married. Has one child.
Children of Charles Herbert Orvis and Eva (Keller)
Male Line: Geor
JEANNIE ELIZABETH8— Born November 21, 1892, at Oxford Mills, Iowa.
Graduated from the Cedar Rapids Business College in 1910 and also studied to be
a nurse.
HAROLD WORTHINGTONs— Born July 21, 1896, at Marion, Iowa.
Resided at 4027 Chestnut Street, Kansas City, Mo.
144 THE OR VIS FAMILY I tf AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Charles Clarence Orvis and Mabelle (Sanborn)
Male Line: George0 — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Simeon Victor5
— Samuel Levi6 — Charles Clarence"
GENEVA LAKE5— Born November 19, 1901.
WINTHROP SANBORN5— Born February 5, 1905.
CHARLES CAMPBELL"— Born April 8, 1908. Died February 16, 1910.
Scalded by upsetting a very hot cup of tea and died in 24 hours.
ROBERT WALKER5— Born July 3, 1910.
Children of Joseph Harding Orvis and Mayme (Pfiffner)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David= — Eleazer3 — Joseph4 — Timothy Butler1 — Sereno Norton"
— Joseph Harding7
MARION JOSEPHINE5— Born July 22, 1910.
ELEANOR ANNES— Born October 25, 1913.
Children of Merlyn Howard Church and Lois A. (Worden)
VIVIAN E. CHURCH5— Born November 28, 1880, at Walworth, Wis. Mar-
ried September 20, 1905, William Judson Hoyt at Chicago, 111.
Their home was at Kennewick, Wash. Mr. Hoyt is Vice-President of the Church
Manufacturing Company. Mrs. Hoyt was Charter Member of Kennewick Chapter, D.
A. R., which was organized about 1910. She is a graduate of Chicago Art Institute, 1903.
BEULAH E. CHURCH5— Born September 28, 1882, at Walworth, Wis.
Married August 27, 1912, Rev. Victor E. Marriott.
Did live at Clarimont, Cal.
INEZ L. CHURCH5— Born December 29, 1884, at Walworth, Wis. Married
Clarence E. King.
One child, Evelyn.
CYRUS MERLYN CHURCH5— Born December 26, 1889, at Walworth, Wis.
Died August 26, 1891, at Walworth, Wis.
Children of Myron Orvis and Miriam (Linton)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Lorenzo5 — Eleazer B.8 — Myron7
CHARLES'
MINNIE6— Married ( ? ) Rose.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of John B. Worden and Ada I. (Dutton)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel" — William" — Waitstill* — Simeon Victor5 — Lestina D."
— John B. Worden1
MARION E. WORDEN— Bom December 6, 1884, at Lawrence, 111.
EUGENE M. WORDENs— Born April 5, 1886, at Rodman, Iowa.
GRACE I. WORDEN5— Born April 21, 1888, at Rodman, Iowa.
GEORGE W. WORDEN — Born February 27, 1890, at Rodman, Iowa.
ALICE M. WORDEN— Born April 10, 1891, at Rodman, Iowa.
RACHEL B. WORDEN5— Born April 6, 1894, at Rodman, Iowa.
LEON JOHN WORDEN5— Born March 11, 1896, at Rodman, Iowa.
CHESTER JUDD WORDEN5— Born August 11, 1897, at Harrisonville, Mo.
RUTH L. WORDEN5— Born July 8, 1900, at Hobart, Iowa.
LOIS R. WORDEN5— Born August 17, 1902, at Ledyard, Iowa.
Children of Phebe E. (Orvis) and David Brown
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Eleazer B." — Phebe E.T
SANDFORD LESLIE BROWN5— Born June 30, 1853, at Pickering, Ont.,
Canada. Died October 25, 1921. Married Emma D. (Mead), at
Campbellsport, Fond-du-Lac County, Wis., who was born January
27, 1856, at Campbellsport, Wis., daughter of Harrison and Mary
Mead.
Family lives at 68 Noble Avenue, Winnepeg-, Manitoba.
Children: Mead L. Brown, born June 26, 1881, in Lincoln County, Wis.; Dell Brown,
born July 21, 1885, in Lincoln County, Wis.
ALYNIA BROWN5— Died in 1913.
ANN ELIZA BROWN5— Died in early childhood.
SAMUEL PIERSON BROWN5— Born October 5, 1864.
Breeder of Holstein cattle at Belferne Place, Ilderton, R. P. D. No. 2, Ontario.
MYRON BROWN5— Born February 20, 1867.
Lives at Hawarden, Sask.
MARY ELIZABETH BROWN5— Bom December 17, 1872.
Lives at Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
146 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of William Henry Orvis and Emeline (Dennis)
-Lorenzo5— Eleazer E.6
FRED C.8— Born April 2, 1875, at Whitby, Ont. Died in 1913. Married
June 28, 1905, Margaret L. (Gillam).
Was a dentist and lived m Bluefield, Mich.
HARRY CHAUTLER — Born May 4, 1879, at Whitby, Ontario, Can. Mar-
ried February 11, 1904, Elizabeth T. W. (Spaulding) at Monroe,
Mich., who was born June 25, 1879, at Monroe, Mich., daughter of
General George and Augusta (Lewis) Spaulding.
Lived at Monroe, Mich.
Was a physician and a prominent Democrat and has occupied several offices, being
elected Alderman in 1906 in a Republican ward. Was always interested in public ques-
tions and proved himself a capable and efficient public servant; a broad-gauge thinker,
liberal minded and with the city's interests at heart. In March, 1911, he was nomin-
ated and elected Mayor of Monroe, Mich.
Children of Andrew Orvis and Helen P. (Baker)
-Lorenzo5 — Eleazer B.6
GERTRUDE8— Born April 9, 1871, at Whitby, Ontario, Can. Married June
9, 1897, at Orchard Park, N. Y., Wallace Calom Beebe, who was born
October 15, 1860, at Fountain Green, Hancock County, 111., son of
Alanson E. and Ann Eliza (Wynkoop) Beebe.
They did live at 464 First Street, Albany, N. Y.
CARRIE C.s— Born July 20, 1873. Married Channing Thorn, of Orchard
Park, N. Y.
HOWARD A;— Born January 31, 1884. Married Harriet C. (Angell).
Live in Bancroft, Mich.
Children of Thomas Carville Orvis and Jane (Stewart)
EDNA MAE"— Born August 13, 1901.
Children of Eric Leslie Whitcomb and Elsie May (Orvis)
eorg'e" — Samuel1 — Samuel" — William" — Wait still4 — Levi
— Elsie May7
RICHARD ORVIS WHITCOMB'1— Born April 19, 1913.
EVELYN WHITCOMB5— Born July 12, 1915.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Harry S. Crane and Anna Louise (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel5 — William3 — WaitstilV — Levi Church1 — Levi Church"
— Anna Louise7
EVELYN PUTNAM CRANE —Born July 30, 1892. Married May 5, 1915,
Louis Ratcliffe Ameluxen in Hartford, Conn.
STANLEY ORVIS CRANE —Born June 5, 1895, at East Hartford, Conn.
Died February 15, 1920.
BRUCE CRANE5— Born September 5, 1898, at East Hartford, Conn.
Children of Stanley Clark Orvis and Mary Emma (Bidwell)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel' — William3 — Waitstill4 — Levi Church5 — Levi Church"
— Stanley Clark7
EDITH BIDWELL5— Born October 4, 1897, at Bridgeport, Conn. Died May
7, 1899, at Boston, Mass.
RICHARD BIDWELL5— Born April 16, 1900, at Bridgeport, Conn. Died
October 20, 1900, at Bridgeport, Conn.
Children of Alma Esther (Orvis) and Ray Pease
:'g"e" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer*
— Alma E
THERON PEASE5— Born about 1901.
DAUGHTER5— Born April 6, 1911.
DONNA HELLEN PEASE— Born July, 1912.
RAY PEASE5— Born October 6, 1914.
Children of Millicent M. (Orvis) and William L. Whitmeire
JAMES EDMUND WHITMEIRE5— Born October 19, 1898, at Sumner,
Iowa.
Was at Naval School and in 1917 was a soldier boy.
Children of Edgar J. Orvis and Hellen (Potter)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer" — Roger4 — Lorenzo' — James" — Edgar J.;
EDGAR POTTER5 — Born May 1, 1895, at Campbellsport, Wis.
Was a physician at 504 Electric Building, Buffalo, N. Y.
148 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
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Children of James Calvin Orvis and Delia (Haskel)
eorge11 — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — "
— James Calvin7
MYRON PINGREE5— Born October 13, 1874.
CLARKSON JAMES8— Born December 9, 1876.
GERTIE SOPHIA5— Born March 16, 1880.
SARAH LYDIA5— Born July 16, 1882.
Children of Fletcher L. Orvis and (-
MYRTLE J. — Born August 9, 1868.. at Shell Rock, Iowa.
KATIE S.5— Born January 8, 1870, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
FLETCHER E.s— Born December 12, 1871, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
BERNICE L.s— Born March 12, 1874, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
WILLIAM P.s— Born September 28, 1875, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
MARY A.5— Born March 6, 1877, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
GUY D.s— Born July 20, 1879, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
NORA B.s— Born August 5, 1881, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
Children of Francis Eugene Orvis and Minnie (McClutchey)
EUGENE5— Died in infancy.
AMBER5— Born 1896.
FLOYD5— Born 1898.
MARY5— Born 1900.
GLADYS5— Born 1907.
FLOYD5— Born 1911.
IRENE5— Born 1914.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Frank E. Orvis and ( ? )
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — Wait still4 — Malachi1 — Alonzo"
—Frank E.:
LYMAN A.5— Born September, 1866, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
CHARLES H. — Born March 16, 1868, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
FRANK E., JR.5— Born March 10, 1870, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
ASHLEY A/— Born April 8, 1873, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
BYRON L.s— Born October 30, 1878, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
LULU PEARL5— Bom September 22, 1885, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
ELSIE JANE —Bom September 4, 1887, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
Children of John Marbury and Mary Ellen (Orvis)
JOHN MARBURY'
Children of Theodore Wallace Orvis and Emeline (Raster)
George" — Samuel1 — Samue
— The
BELLE5— Married Will Spangler.
Did live at Wichita, Kansas.
HARRY'
Did live in Illinois. Also Perry, Iowa.
LULU" — Married Edward Jones.
Did live in Chicago, Illinois.
WILL5
Did live in Kansas. Also Perry, Iowa. Was an engineer.
Children of Fred J. Hyde and Julia Louise (Orvis)
»ge» — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — David4 — U
— Julia Louise7
LOUISE HYDE5 — Married Dr. Frederick Mason.
Did live at Massena, N. Y.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Francis Brewer and Ella Louise (Renton)
org"e° — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — David^
— Francis Brewer7
HELEN RENTON— Born December 28, 1906.
LAURA EMERSON— Born July 11, 1914.
Children of Edith (Orvis) and Edwin Winn
FLORENCE MARCE WINNS— Born March 24, 1891. Married June 1, 1910,
T. L. Forhan.
MILDRED ANN WINN— Born February 11, 1893. Married December 11,
1912, Erwin Heyer, of Sumner, Iowa.
MARGARITE WINNS— Born August 9, 1885.
Children of Redell (1) Orvis and ( ? )
REDELL, JR.— Born at Hamilton, N. Y.
Had two sons (twins), one died.
Children of Jay H. Grommon and Fannie Zerua (Orvis)
George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3—
— Fannie Zerua7
CECILE ALICE GROMMON5— Born 1899.
LLOYD GROMMON8— Born 1897.
GLADYS MARIE GROMMON8— Born 1907.
Children of William Hill Orvis and Anna (Downs)
Jeorge" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William1 — Wait:
— William Hill7
RAY E. — Born June 27, 1881, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
CLARA L. — Born March 16, 1884, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
ASHLEY H.s— Bom April 10, 1888, at Shell Rock, Iowa.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of William Elmer Orvis and Mabel Amy (Guernsey)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill' — Francis1 — Emri Pierre'
— William Elmer'
GLENN" — Bom October 2, 1894, at Manchester, Iowa. Died in infancy.
ALICE LUCILE — Born July 6, 1898, at Gilmore City, Iowa.
ALTON GARMON8— Born July 29, 1905, at Gilmore City, Iowa.
RUBIE MAE— Born July 18, 1909, at Gilmore City, Iowa.
Children of William Raster and Arvilla (Orvis)
rge" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitst
— Arville7
CARRIE RASTER8— Married Frank Crannerbary.
ADA RASTER5— Born 1897. Married Elmer Reed Bond.
LEVI RASTER8— Born 1904.
EMERY RASTER8— Born 1907.
Children of Dolf Reynolds and Florence Viola (Orvis)
WILLIE REYNOLDS8
LULU REYNOLDS8
LUELA REYNOLDS8
AGNES REYNOLDS8
Children of Frank Alton Orvis and Alice (Bennett)
Male Line- George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Ambrose4 — Ambrose1 — Ambrose C.8
— Frank A.7
ALLAN CURTIS8— Born November 23, 1891, at Milford, Oakland County,
Mich., where he lived as late as 1922.
EDWIN BENNETT— Born April 12, 1894.
BERRY DAVISON8— Bom December 13, 1895.
ALICE ADA" — Born January 4, 1901.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Rose Levina (Orvis) and James Madden
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill* — Simeon Victor5
— Samuel Levi" — Rose Levina7
MARY LEVINA MADDEN8— Married Walter Harms, of Lyons, Wis.
JAMES PATRICK MADDEN5— Born May 13, 1898.
Enlisted when 17 years old. Later served in France with the 72d Infantry, Sea-
forth Highlanders (Canadians) ("Ladies from Hell"). Was twice wounded. Later was
with R. C. M. Police, Vancouver, B. C.
KATHRYN MADDEN5
THOMAS ORVIS MADDEN5— Born 1903.
Known at T. 0. M.
SAMUEL MADDEN5— Born 1906.
MARGARET MADDEN5— Born 1906.
Samuel and Margaret were twins.
Children of James Orvis and Mary (McBurnie)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Silas6 — James7
NATHANIEL5— Born September 24, 1868. Married May (Stevenson).
MYRON5— Born March 25, 1875.
Accidentally killed by a fall from a boat to dock.
ADOLPHUS5— Born February 18, 1883. Married Lillie (Gardner).
IDA" — Born March 9, 1876. Married James Lodge,
James Lodge was for many years a cripple in the hospital for incurables, but later
recovered somewhat. Children: Jesse and Katharine.
ALVINA— Born November 9, 1878. Married William Bell.
Lived at Audley, Ont. Children: Clara, Susan, Loren, William, Archie and Alice
(twins), and Myron.
MARY5
SILAS5
FRANKLIN5
SARAH5
IRA5
All died when small children in April, 1880, of the "Black Throat" diphtheria.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Harry Franklin Orvis and Margaret Elizabeth (Williams)
PURDY WILLIAMS'— Born January 28, 1879, at Chicago, 111. Married
January 6, 1909, Marion E. (Tate).
HARRIET SARGEANT— Born February 20, 1880, at Chicago, 111. Mar-
ried September 2, 1903, Henry McCollom Hunt.
Live at Wooster, Ohio.
COLUMBUS AUGUSTUS— Born March 10, 1881, at Chicago, 111.
MYRTIE A.5— Bom December 23, 1882, at Chicago, 111.
HARRY FRANKLIN, (2) s— Born December 25, 1887, at Chicago, 111. Mar-
ried June 17, 1914, Eva (Hellstrom), at Evanston, 111.
All children were baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church.
Children of Loren Orvis and Hannah (Way)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Silas8 — Loren7
HERBERT L.s— Married ( ? ).
Children: Herbert Loren, born February 17, 1863. Was a photographer in Rock-
ford, Wash. Had one son, name not known; John, Charles.
JOHN8
CHARLES8
MARTHA5
ELIZABETH5
MARY8
L1LLISS
MARGARET8
PHEBE ANN8
MARIAIL
SARAH8
RACHEL8
Children of Paul Whitin Orvis and Lida Helen (Tarbox)
PAUL WHITIN, JR.— Born March 1, 1908.
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Children of Ira Orvis and Sarah Ann (Boyce)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Silas6 — Ira7
GERTRUDE4— Born January 11, 1874. Died September 16, 1907. Mar-
ried March 25, 1903, Charles H. Murray.
Lived at Caldwell, Idaho. Had daughter, Mildred Marie, born November 11, 1906
SPENCER5— Born August 20, 1875. Died May 14, 1902.
PHEBE4— Born November 24, 1877.
BERTHA5— Born June 12, 1880. Married December 30, 1903, Charles B.
Van Dorn.
Lived at Clyde, Idaho. Son, Lawrence Edwin Van Dorn, born December 12, 1904.
LILLY —Born January 5, 1883.
WYMAN4— Born October 30, 1884. Died August 25, 1885.
MAY'— Born October 30, 1884. Died August 29, 1885.
Wyman and May were twins.
GEORGE TRUEMAN4— Born November 14, 1888.
Children of Isaac Brown Orvis and Margaret (Ritchie)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Silas6 — Isaac Br
ARMINTHIA4— Born January 24, 1857.
EMMA4— Born August 10, 1858.
WILLIAM ISAAC4— Born December 15, 1860.
Lived at Jessopville, Ont.
LYDIA5— Born June 5, 1865.
ISAAC GREGORY4— Born October 7, 1866.
SILAS EBENEZER4— Born January 27, 1870.
ROBERT— Born December 4, 1871.
GEORGE ALBERT4— Born October 22, 1873.
CHARLOTTE M.4— Born November 25, 1875.
MARY4
MARGARET ELLEN4— Born February 5, 1879.
IRA— Born September 2, 1881.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Selah Orvis and Elizabeth (Proctor) (By First Marriage)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David1 — Eleazer* — Roger' — Lorenzo5 — Silas8 — Selah:
ALVIN L.s— Bom March 16, 1855, at Whitby, Ont. Married Hannah S.
(Salton), November 28, 1882.
Was a merchant at Darien, Ont., and Town Clerk in 1911.
AMOS B.s— Born November 2, 1857, at Whitby, Ont. Married December
24, 1898, Elizabeth (Salton).
Was a carpenter at Dryden, Ont.
ELEAZER W.s— Bom July 26, 1860, at Whitby, Ont. Married October
2,8, 1884, May Spence (Tervitt).
A farmer in Wigham Township, Ont.
ANNETTA — Born June 2, 1862. Died same day.
SARAH ANN5— Bom June 15, 1868. Died August 10, 1864.
HENRY5— Born December 31, 1865. Died September 26, 1872.
SARAH5— Born April 15, 1868. Married October 4, 1889, Henry Hardy.
Lived at Dryden, Ont.
ELIZABETH5— Born August 31, 1871, at Audley, Ontario, Canada. Mar-
ried at Greenwood, Ont., December 27, 1899, Henry Robert Burdge,
who was born May 15, 1873, at Reach, Ontario, son of Samuel and
Matilda Burdge.
Lived at Whitby, Ont.
ANNA5— Born June 25, 1869. Married September 2, 1889, George Lintner.
Lived at Audley, Ont.
MARTHA5— Born June 25, 1869. Married February 14, 1894, David Breck-
enridge.
Lived in Jamestown, Ontario.
Anna and Martha were twins.
Children of Selah Orvis and Mary (Rankin) (By Second Marriage)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David- — Eleazer* — Roger* — Lorenzo' — Silas6 — Selah7
MARY JANE5— Bom August 3, 1878, at Audley, Ont. Died April 25, 1907.
Married May 29, 1901, William Puckering.
She was buried at Salem, Ont.
MARGARET5 — Born December 28, 1879, at Audley, Ont. Married October
2, 1901, Frederick Thomas Brignall, at New Ontario. He was born
May 21, 1876.
He lived at New Ontario and was in the lumber business. Lived also at Dryden, Ont.
156 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Henry Willard Orvis and Lodoiska (Sunbury)
-Oliver* — Samuel5 — Willard"
DANIEL WILLARD5— Born June 5, 1857, at Lowell, Mass. Married Eliz-
abeth (Hill), of Hull, England.
Children: Willard, Effie, Dolly, Burton and John.
ALBERT BURTON8— Born March 16, 1859, at Springfield, Ohio. Married
(1) March 16, 1873, Nettie (Worden), of Elyria, Ohio, and (2) Eliz-
abeth (Knauss), of Clifton Springs, N. Y.
Children by first wife: Bird Willard, born at Elyria, Ohio. Married Clara (Cough-
lin), of Elyria, Ohio. Had children: Henry Willard, Kenneth, Marguerite, John.
Harry M., born at Elyria, Ohio. Married Elizabeth ( ? ), of Danville, N. Y.
Charles, killed by cars at Elyria, Ohio, at six years of age.
Children by second wife, of Clifton Springs, N. Y., whom he married at Geneva,
N. Y., December 2, 1903: Charles, born October 22, 1904, at DePew, N. Y.
MAGGIE ELIZABETH5— Born November 19, 1862, at Bracebridge, Ont.
Married November 5, 1881, Sona Christian Clotz, of Dover, Ohio.
Children: Charles Willard Clotz. Married Emma (Northrup), of Loraine, Ohio.
Daughter, Thelma, born at Toledo, Ohio.
Arthur Edgar Clotz, born at Dover, Ohio. Married May (de Caise), of Loraine,
Ohio. Son, Harold, born at Loraine, Ohio.
Burton Henry Clotz, born at Dover, Ohio. Married Marie (Wagner), of Cleveland,
Ohio. Son, Leonard, born at Cleveland, Ohio.
Fred. Christian Clotz, born March 10, 1895, at North Olmstead, Ohio.
Sona C. Clotz died and was buried at Denver, Ohio. Maggie Elizabeth then mar-
ried March 15, 1904, George Arthur Hubbard, of Cleveland, Ohio.
CHARLES RUSSELL —Born February 20, 1865.
HORACE RUPERT5— Born February 20, 1865. Died June 20, 1865, at
Coldwater, Ont.
Charles and Horace were twins.
SAMUEL J. —Born February 6, 1866, at Hinsdale, Mich. Died same day.
HENRY F. — Born November 21, 1868, at Barrie, Ont. Married December
26, 1891, Mary (Prechtel), of Dover, Ohio.
Children: George Henry. Born June 6, 1895, at Dover, Ohio. Harvey Willard, born
at Elyria, Ohio.
DOLLIE BELLE5— Born October 22, 1871, at North Olmstead, Ohio. Mar-
ried June 3, 1891, Edward C. Terrell, of North Ridgeville, Ohio.
Children: Ralph Edward Terrell, Edgar Clyde Terrell, Henry Lovinus Terrell. All
at North Ridgeville, Ohio.
JENNIE" — Died in infancy.
FREDERICK H. — Born August 28, 1873, at North Olmstead, Ohio. Mar-
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Children of Henry Willard Orvis and Lodoiska (Sunbury) continued
ried July 5, 1892, Lillie May (Ruple) , of North Olmstead, Ohio.
A son, Jay Lloyd, born March 15, 1893, at North Olmstead, Ohio.
EDGAR J.s— Born September 13, 1876, at North Olmstead, Ohio. Married
January 14, 1904, at Elyria, Ohio, Julia (Bisch), of Cleveland, Ohio.
Children : Julia Lodoiska and Evelyn Viola. Both died in infancy.
NETTIE5— Born January 17, 1878, at North Olmstead, Ohio. Died Septem-
ber 11, 1878.
Children of Frederick K. Orvis and Mary (Emberton)
-Waitstill Miller8
FLOYD A:— Born September 10, 1894, at St. Olaf, Iowa. Married October
10, 1917, at Elkader, Iowa, Grace (Bandow), who was born June 11,
1895, at Elkader, Iowa, daughter of Gotfried and Louise (Rodolff)
Bandow, of Elkader, Iowa.
Assistant cashier of Farmers State Bank of St. Olaf, Iowa. Served in the Radio
Service during the World War.
VIVIAM M. — Born June 3, 1898, at St. Olaf, Iowa.
Assistant cashier of Farmers State Bank of St. Olaf, Iowa.
ALLISON LULU5— Born 1917, at St. Olaf, Iowa.
Children of George Taylor Orvis and Edna E. (Coffin)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David'J — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Lorenzo1 — Jacob"
— George Taylor7
ROBERT BERNARD5 — Born January 14, 1870, at Fulton, N. Y. Married
August 15, 1895, Katherine C. (Ellis).
Was note teller of National Bank of Commerce, Toledo, Ohio, and lived at 1015
West Woodruff Avenue.
Children of William Orvis and Ella (Ellicott)
ale Line:
FRANK5
CORA'— Married Fred O'Brien.
HARRY5— Married Honnal (Renaud) .
Had daughter, Anna Hellen.
ROBERT BURNEY5 — Married Lulia (Loitzy).
WILLIE8
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Arthur Tappan Orvis and Susan Ann (Barber)
INA MAY5
FRANCIS ALLEN5
CHARLES FREDERICK5
EDWIN BURR5— Married Nellie (Deline).
Four children. Live at 125 Fairview Avenue, Glendale, Cal.
ANN CHRISTINE5— Born November 3, 1877, at Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N. Y. Married Charles R. Thompson.
Two children. Live at 2993 Whitney Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
ARTHUR BRUCE8
Children of Daniel H. Orvis and Lavinia (Elliott)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David? — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Philander5 — Joel6 — Daniel H.;
ELMER5— Died in infancy.
FRANK H.5— Born April 10, 1866, at Starkesboro, Vt, Married at Bristol,
Vt., Norah (Brown), daughter of David and Sarah (Wright) Brown.
Lived at Bristol, Vt., R. F. D. No. 3.
CHARLES MILTON5— Born January 8, 1875, at Starkesboro, Vt. Married
March 23, 1899, at Rochester, Vt., Etta M. (Swinyer), who was born
May 29, 1871, at Lincoln, Vt., daughter of James B. and Emma J.
(Canfield) Swinyer.
Lived at Princess Anne, Md.
Children of Albert Orvis and Sarah (Elliott)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David'J — Eleazer1 — Roger' — Philander0 — Joel" — Albert7
JOEL W.5
Lives at 3101 Race Street, Denver, Col. Has two children.
WILLIAM J.s— Married Loretta (Hill) . He died in 1899.
LOIS— Married William Lee. She died in 1900.
FRED E.5
Lives at Bristol, Vt. Four children.
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EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Silas Marsh Allen and Frances Isabella (Strong)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1' — William3 — Gershom4 — Charles5 — Eliza Savre"
—Silas Marsh Allen'
MARJORIE STRONG ALLEN™— Born February 8, 1897, at Oshkosh, Wis.
Graduate of Oshkosh State Normal School. A.B. in Madison State University,
Literature and Science course; 1918 Bacteriologist in Camp Pike, Little Rock, Arkan-
sas; 1920 Director Co-operative Laboratory in Superior, Wisconsin. Since 1921 Pathol-
ogist, The Arsenal, Edgewood. Maryland.
ELIZABETH ORVIS ALLEN— Born July 17, 1901, at Oshkosh, Wis.
Graduate of Oshkosh State Normal School in 1922.
Children of Charles Orvis Allen and Beatrice Nonais (Travis)
Male Line: Geo
DOROTHY ORVIS ALLEN8— Born November 29, 1895, at Commonwealth,
WTis. Married in 1920, at Maple Lodge, Oshkosh, Wis., Julius Bor-
gerud.
He is an automobile dealer who lives at Deerfield, Wis. Son: Kieth Charles Bor-
gerud, born August 15, 1921.
BERNICE LOUISE ALLEN5— Born August 2, 1897.
Both are graduates of Oshkosh State Normal School, and both were teachers.
Children of David King Allen and Marion (Welch) (Boynton)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Gershom4 — Charles5 — Eliza Say re6
— David King Allen1
RUTH ALLEN8— Born April 3, 1906, at Denver, Col.
DAVID KING ALLEN, JR. — Born January 20, 1917, at Oshkosh, Wis.
Children of Anna Rosette (Adams) and Marvin Selwin Chase
Male Line: Georgen — Samuel1 — Samuel1 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Josephus5 — Hannah Mari6
— Anna Rosette (Adams) Chase;
FLORENCE ADAMS CHASE — Born March 25, 1873, at Chicago, 111.
Graduate of Vassar College, class of 1894. High School teacher in Chicago, 111.
MARY ELIZABETH CHASE— Born July 20, 1875. Died October 20, 1900,
in Chicago, 111.
HELEN VAN ETTEN CHASE8— Bom July 11, 1877.
Graduate of University of Chicago, class of 1900; school teacher in Chicago.
160 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
Children of Alton Dea Orvis and Lillian Adelle (King)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Ambrose4 — Ambros
— James Christopher6 — Alton Dea"
MARVEILLE5— Born February 20, 1896, in Chicago, 111.
Children of William H. Orvis and Jennie A. (Brennan)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Jesse* — Eleazer3 — William6 — William H.'
MARGARET E.s— Born August 1, 1913.
EIGHTH GENERATION— NOTES
DEATH OF MRS. ELEAZER H. ORVIS
(From local paper of June 1, 1908)
While attending services at the Methodist church in Oakfield, Wis., May 31, 1908,
Grant Poole, age about 35 years, shot and killed Mrs. E. H. Orvis, a leading resident
of the village.
Rev. Sabin Halsey had completed the services by pronouncing the benediction and
went to the vestibule door to shake hands with the members of the congregation as
they left the church.
Poole occupied a pew in the church directly in front of Mrs. Orvis and followed her
to the door.
Mrs. Orvis was about to shake hands with Rev. Halsey when Poole pulled a revol-
ver, firing three shots in rapid succession, one bullet entering the heart, causing almost
instant death. Mrs. Orvis fell back into the arms of her husband. Poole submitted to
arrest.
Mr. Halsey asked the congregation to remain and offer prayer for the dying woman.
The congregation was, however, panic stricken and fled from the church in haste. The
pastor remained and prayed over the body.
For some time Poole has been trying to win the affections of Miss Grace Orvis,
25 years old. It is reported that the parents informed Poole of their objections to his
actions toward their daughter and it is presumed that this was the cause of the deed.
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Children cf Ora Lucile (Orvis) and Wesley W. Fulkersin
Male Line: Geo
FRANCIS ALVIN FULKERSIN^-Born August 12, 1912, at Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
ELTON JAMES FULKERSIN— Born June 21, 1914, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
WALTER BENTLEY FULKERSIN9— Born December 14, 1917, at Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Children of Mary Louisa (Orvis) and William D. Scott
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Isaac8 — John JayT
— Mary Louise8
WILLIAM ORVIS SCOTT— Born July 30, 1906, in New York City.
MURIEL LORRAINE SCOTT— Born December 2, 1907, in New York City.
Children of Orlence D. Orvis and Beatrice (Swenson)
EDITH CHARLOTTE'— Born February 11, 1910.
Children of Harriet (Orvis) and Gilbert Glenn Bicknell
WILLIAM ORVIS BICKNELL— Born October 25, 1921, at Yankton, S. D.
Children of Eugene Elias Orvis and Martha H. (Powell)
Male Lin.-: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Samuel5 — Elias" — Samuel Emery1
— Eugene Elias*
ELENOR H. — Born April 3, 1878, at Freeport, 111. Died April 2, 1906.
WILLIAM LEROY"— Born October 17, 1880, at Chicago, 111. Married No-
vember 17, 1906, in Chicago, 111., Mabel (Gassner), who was born
December 7, 1882, in New York, and was daughter of John and Sarah
Ann (Walsh) Gassner, of New York.
He was a resident of New York City and in the New York Custom House for eight
years. Later entered the War Department, Panama Canal Service, and was stationed
at Balboa, C. Z., for four and one-half years. Then Receiving and Shipping Clerk for
the loth Naval District at Balboa, C. Z. Was a member of the New York Chapter
Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, National No. 34103.
Visited the writer in 1920 with his wife and son, John Stockton Halsted.
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Children of Eugene Elias Orvis and Ida M. (Stillwagon) (By Second Marriage)
Male Line: George™ — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer* — Roger* — Samuel* — Elias* — Samuel Emery'
— Eugene Elias*
EUGENE E.9— Born January 7, 1896.
Is in the United States Navy.
WINTHROF
ROGER AVERY'— Born March 13, 1904.
VIVIAN'— Born February 24, 1913.
Children of William Henry Orvis and Nellie M. (Burchard)
MARY BURCHARD"— Born December 28, 1884, at Madison, Wis.
Is a graduate of Madison High School and the University of Wisconsin. Is quite
successful as a magazine writer. Secretary of the University of Indiana Extension
Centre at Indianapolis, Ind.
Children of Alva Fayette Orvis and Sarah (Tyrrell)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer1 — Roger1 — Samuel* — Elias* — Samuel Emery'
— Alva Fayette8
HARRY'— Born at Milwaukee.
Children of George Campbell Orvis and Anna (Kaskey)
eorge0 — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer* — Roger4 — Samuel' — Elias* — !
— George Campbell*
EMERY HAROLD"— Born October 26, 1897, at Waukesha, Wis.
GEORGE CARL'— Born June 14, 1899, at Waukesha, Wis.
RUTH ELENOR '— Born August 6, 1901, at Waukesha, Wis.
ESTHER ROSE'— Born August 20, 1904, at Waukesha, Wis.
Children of Fanny M. (Orvis) and Walter Butler
re" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer* — Roger4 — Samir
- -Fannie M.*
MABEL BUTLER"— Born in 1802 in Madison, Wis.
GEORGE BUTLER'— Born in 1806 in Madison, Wis.
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Children of Frederick Elias Orvis and Mary Ellen (Crehan)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David- — Eleazer" — Roger1 — Samuel5 — Eliass — Alvah G7
— Frederick Eliass
ALVAH CLEMENT— Born March 4. 1887, at Prairie du Chien, Wis.
Served in the World War as Sergeant" First Class, 313th Engineers, 88th Division,
for twenty-one months of which eleven were spent overseas. Is at present connected
with the Phoenix Trust Company of Ottumwa, Iowa. Resides at 115 North Clay Street,
Ottumwa, Iowa. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the B. P. 0. Elks.
LEO EDWARD"— Born May 7, 1892, at Marion, Linn County, Iowa.
Drowned August 1, 1898, at Chillicothe, Mo., and buried at that place.
GENEVIEVE EMMA9— Born January 12, 1895, at Marion, Iowa.
Graduated from Ottumwa, Iowa, High School in 1917. Took up newspaper work
:\nd is at present (1922) with the Ottumwa Daily Courier. Resides at 115 North Clay
Street, Ottumwa, Iowa.
FREDERICK HAROLD HUBERT9— Born March 2, 1902, at Ottumwa,
Wapello County, Iowa. Died April 19, 1902.
Buried in the family plot in Chillicothe, Mo.
Children of Bert F. Orvis and Florence Emma (Denson)
AUSTIN GILES9— Born November 23, 1894, at Madison, Wis. Married
November 18, 1915, at Madison, Wis., Ella Grace (Riddle), who was
born May 17, 1897, at Liberty, Wis., daughter of George and Betsy
Susanna (Hopkins) Riddle.
CLARENCE ALFRED9— Born June 3, 1896, at Madison, Wis. Married
February 28, 1920, at Madison, Wis., Irene Carroll (Gilbert), who
was bom March 11, 1902, at Madison, Wis., daughter of William
Henry and Amy (Carroll) Gilbert.
Served in Co. B, 124th Machine Gun Battalion, A. E. F., during the World War.
HARVEY LEO9— Born September 29, 1898, at Madison, Wis. Married
September 1, 1920, at Madison, Wis., Henrietta May (Gilbert), who
was born March 27, 1904, at Madison, Wis., daughter of William
Henry and Amy (Carroll) Gilbert.
Henrietta was a sister of Irene Carroll (Gilbert) Orvis.
ALVAH FIELDS9— Born October 18, 1901, at Madison, Wis. Died April
5, 1902.
CHARLES WILBUR9— Born June 27, 1906, at Madison, Wis.
ALBERT DENSON9 — Bom September 2, 1910, at Madison, Wis.
ALICE EMMA' — Bom December 23, 1913, at Madison, Wis.
164 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
NINTH GENERATION
Children of Minnie Bird (Orvis) and Frank Henry (Milward)
SHIRLEY OLIVE MILWARD"— Born August 30, 1893, at Madison, Wis.
Died October 19, 1897.
HENRY ORVIS MILWARD"— Born April 14, 1897, at Madison, Wis. Mar-
ried August 6, 1919, at Madison, Wis., Florence Margaret (Ham-
acher), who was born May 1, 1898, at Madison, Wis., daughter of
Peter and Mamie (Davis) Hamacher.
Served as Corporal, 3d Infantry, Replacement and Training' Troops, Camp Grant,
111., during the World War. Resides" at 923 O'Sheridan S;reet, Madison,. Wis.
ALTA.EMMA MILWARD1— Born March 26, 1900, at Madison, Wis. Mar-
ried November 25, 1920, at Silver Lake, Wis., Ward Best Gill, who
was born March 18, 1900, at Belleville, Wis., son of William Ward
and Ina Maude (Best) Gill.
Resides at Belleville, Wis.
GENEVIEVE BROTHERS MILWARD"— Born August 9, 1903, at Madison,
Wis.
CLAUDE JAMES MILWARD"— Born October 23, 1904, at Town of Barry,
Wis.
FRANKIE HAROLD MILWARD"— Born February 1, 1906, at Town of
Barry, Wis. Died September 27, 1906.
Children of Cornelia Emly (Orvis) and Anson R. Hotchkiss
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer" — Roger' — Samuel3 — Elias" — I
— Cornelia Emlys
HAROLD RALPH HOTCHKISS— Born December 13, 1886.
Children of Gerirude (Orvis) and Wallace Callom Beebe
Male Line: Geoi'g* " — Roger1— David' — E'eazer" — Roger1 — Lorenzo0 — Eleazer 13." — Andre'
—Gertrude8
RAYMOND ORVIS BEEBE"— Born August 27, 1900, at New York City.
Children of Caroline Elizabeth (Orvis) and Lewis Blaney Harvey
Male Line: George" Roger1 — David2 — Eleazi r" — Jesse1 — Jesse-1 — John Holden" — E
— ( 'a i oline Elizabeth5'
MARY LYON ORVIS HARVEY— Born July 12, 1911.
LEWIS BLANEY HARVEY, JR."— Born August 25, 1912.
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NINTH GENERATION
Children of Benjamin Haines and Mary Ellen (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Malichi5 — Waitstill Bigelow'
— Clarkson Finney7 — Mary Ellen^
MARY ELLEN HAINES — Born January 1, 1895. Died May 21, 1908.
JOHN ERASTUS HAINES"— Born September 26, 1899.
MILES EDWARD HAINES"— Born January 23, 1897. Died March 4, 1897.
EDITH LOUISA HAINES9— Born March 4, 1903.
CHARLES WILSON HAINES"— Born July 27, 1905. Died November 10,
1907.
HARRIET ESTHER HAINES"— Born February 6, 1911.
ELEANOR MAE HAINES"— Born November 24, 1913, at Lincoln, Neb.
Children of Frank Leslie Gibbs and Emma Gertrude (Orvis)
jeorgre" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — Waitstill4 — Malic:
— Clarkson Finney7 — Emma Gertrude5
HARRY EDWARD GIBBS"— Born November 14, 1906.
JAMES ORVIS GIBBS"— Bom December 8, 1908.
FRANK LESLIE GIBBS"— Born December 15, 1911.
Children of Edward Thomas Anderson and Julia Edith (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill4 — Malichi5 — Waits
— Clarkson Finney7 — Julia Ediths
CHARLES ARNOLD ANDERSON— Born January 13, 1907.
ALETIA MAY ANDERSON"— Born August 22, 1911.
Children of John Gurney Orvis and Anna Viola (Watters)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — Wi
— Clarkson Fin
HOWARD EDWARD"— Born March 16, 1912, at Dubuque, Iowa.
CARL WATTERS' — Born January 15, 1914, at Dubuque, Iowa.
MARJORIE LORRAINE'— Born November 25, 1916, at Dubuque, Iowa.
MARIANNE WEALTHY'— Bom March 11, 1920, at Dubuque, Iowa.
166 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
NINTH GENERATION
Children of Oliver B. Wilson and Ann Berd (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel2 — William3 — Waitstill1 — Malichi5 — Waitstill Bigelow6
— Clarkson Finney7 — Ann Berds
ANNA MAURINE WILSON— Born February 18, 1902, at Doniphan, Neb.
OLIVER KENNETH WILSON— Born June 5, 1904, at Doniphan, Neb.
Children of Eleazer H. Orvis and Jennie I. (Bristol)
Male Line: Geor
WILLIAM ELEAZER" — Born April 24, 1893, in Oakfield, Fond-du-Lac
County, Wis. Married April 6, 1920, at Rosendale, Wis., Margaret
Muriel (Hill), who was born February 4, 1896, at Rosendale, Wis.,
daughter of Charles L. and Mina (O'Neil) Hill.
Reside at 565 West 192d Street, New York, N. Y. Had son, Richard Heil, born
June 24, 1921, in New York, N. Y. Died in infancy.
Children of Harry D. Beresford and Susan Almeda (Orvis)
Male Line: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William* — Waitstill4 — Malichi5 — Waitstill Bigelow"
— Gurney Mahan7 — Susan Almedas
WILLIAM ORVIS BERESFORD'— Died in infancy.
RUTH BROWNIE BERESFORD3— Adopted February 19, 1907.
ROBERT ORVIS BERESFORD"— Born March 22, 1912, at Dubuque, Iowa.
They live with their mother at Enid, Okla.
Children of Winfield H. Orvis and Mattie (Noble) (By Adoption)
re: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel1' — \'
— Henry Cla>
ISABEL S. — Born January 6, 1901.
CLAUDE R."— Born June 4, 1903.
Children of William Judson Hoyt and Vivian E. (Church)
eorge" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William" — W
— Lois A.7— Vivian E. (Ch
WILMA LOIS HOYT— Born July 13, 1906.
MARGARET HOYT"— Born April 24, 1911.
HOWARD CHURCH HOYT"— Bom March 4, 1917.
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NINTH GENERATION
Children of Warner Dayton Orvis and Clay (Hardin)
Male Lino: George" — Samuel1 — Samuel- — William-' — WaitstiU4 — Elihu" — Joseph Upham'
— Edwin WaitstiU7 — Warner Dayton5
WARNER DAYTON, JR."— Born June 29, 1915. Died in infancy.
BARBARA"— Born September 8, 1919, at New York, N. Y.
CLAY HARDIN'— (Son), Born May 25, 1921, at New York, N. Y.
Children of Schuyler Adams Orvis and Ina (Leland)
SCHUYLER ADAMS, JR."— Born October 21, 1916, at New York, N. Y.
Children of Clarkson Frederick Orvis and Gladys Ella (Smock)
Male Line: George"- -Samuel1 — Samuel- — William3 — WaitstiU1 — Malichi5 — Waits
— Clarkson Finney1 — Clarkson Frederick8
CLYDE EDWARD"— Born February 23, 1921. Died same day.
ROBERT JUNIOR"— Born March 9, 1922, at Brookings, S. D.
Children of Purdy Williams Orvis and Marion E. (Tate)
Male Line- George" — Samuel1 — Samuel5 — William3 — WaitstiU4 — Levi Church5
— Columbus Augustus" — Harry Franklin7 — Purdy Williams'
ELEANOR TATE"— Born January 13, 1911.
Children of Harry Franklin (2) Orvis and Eva (Hellstrom)
Male Line- Georg-e11 — Samuel1 — Samuel-' — William3— WaitstiU4 — Levi Church1
Columbus Augustus'— Harry Franklin ( l)7— Harry Franklin (2)8
HARRY FRANKLIN, (3)" — Born September 28, 1915. Died March 1, 1919.
JOHN EDWARD— Bom November 11, 1917.
Both baptized in the Episcopal Church.
Children of Harriet Sargeant (Orvis) and Henry McCollom Hunt
n/Toi* 1 ine- George"— Samuel1— Samuel-— William3— WaitstiU4— Levi Church'
.Male "Columbus Augustus8— Harry Franklin1— Harriet Sargeant8
ALLISON ORVIS HUNT8— Bom November 4, 1904.
MARGARET HUNT"— Born March 20, 1906.
s#-
168 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
NINTH GENERATION
Children of Charles Milton Orvis and Etta M. (Swinyer)
Male Line: George" — RoKev' — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Philander5 — J
— Daniel H.;— Charles Milton8
TWILLA FLORENCE"— Bora January 11, 1900, at Lincoln, Vt.
MILTON CHARLES'— Bom May 11, 1901, at Lincoln, Vt.
HAROLD DEAN"— Born June 27, 1903, at Lincoln, Vt.
JAMES BURNEY— Born August 19, 1906, at Lincoln, Vt.
EVELYN MAE"— Born May 6, 1911, at Lincoln, Vt.
All were living at Princess Anne, Md., in 1922.
Children of Frank A. Orvis and Norah (Brown)
Male Line: Geor
SARAH L."
Bristol, Vt, R. F. D. No. 3
DANIEL D."
Waterbury, Vt., R. F. D. No. 2. Four children.
MARY"— Married ( ? ) Cousino.
Experimental Farm, Burlington, Vt.
RALPH"
Bristol, Vt., R. F. D. No. 3. One child.
Children of William J. Orvis and Loretta (Hill)
-rhilander5 — Joel6
ALBERT NELSON"— Bom October 20, 1876, at Starkesboro, Vt. Married
September 22, 1906, at Lincoln, Vt., Eliza Ann (Matthews), who
was born February 1, 1803, at Lincoln, Vt., daughter of Lewis and
Manetta (Hallock) Matthews.
Resides at Lincoln, Addison County, Vt.
.WILLIAM E."
Bristol, Vt.
LELAH"— Married Charles N. Franklin.
13 Marion Avenue, South Glens Falls, N. Y.
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NINTH GENERATION
Children of Lucile Dorothy (Orvis) and Guy Harold Johnson
Male Line: George" — Samuel' — Samuel- — William' — \Vaitstill< — John Mills
— Charles Waitstill" — Harry Franklin' — Lucille Dorothy8
SHIRLEY MAE JOHNSON— Born August 13, 1919.
Children of Evelyn Mildred (Orvis) and Roy A. Swenson
VERLE ROY SWENSON— Born August 23, 1921, at Camp Lake, Wis.
Children of Lois (Orvis) and William Lee
ALLAN LEE"
Lincoln, Vt.
CHARLES LEE"
Lincoln, Vt.
RUTH LEE3— Married ( ? ) Steadman.
Live in Massachusetts.
Children of Mary Jane (Orvis) and William Puckering
MARY LOUISE PUCKERING"— Born March 22, 1902. Died June 5, 1910.
ALMA WILHELMINA PUCKERING" — Born December 30, 1903. Died
April 7, 1907.
WILLIAM ISAAC PUCKERING"— Born April 4, 1905.
ALICE ROBINA PUCKERING"— Born March 27, 1907. Died July 27, 1907.
Children of Amos B. Orvis and Elizabeth (Salton)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Lorenzo5 — Silas6 — Selali7
— Amos B.s
ROSETTA VICTORIA— Born February, 1880. Married Alfred W. Dou-
diet October 12, 1899.
BERTHA MAY" — Born March 9, 1886.
LESLIE ALFORD"— Born June, 1893.
170 THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
NINTH GENERATION
Children of Eleazer W. Orvis and Mary S. (Tervit)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Lorenzo5 — Silas6—
— Eleazer W.s
GEORGE HENRY9— Born July 23, 1885. Married June 8, 1910.
ALVIN PERCY8— Born November 18, 1887.
Children of Margaret (Orvis) and Frederick Thomas Brignall
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David'-' — Eleazer3 — Roger1 — Lorenzo5 — Silas6 — Selah7
— Margaret*
LILLY IRENE BRIGNALL— Born October 6, 1903.
MARY BRIGNALL8— Born March 14, 1905. Died March 15, 1905.
FREDERICK SELAH BRIGNALL— Born September 8, 1907. Died Nov-
ember 8, 1907.
BENJAMIN ORVIS BRIGNALL8— Born March 27, 1911.
Children of Ann (Orvis) and George Lintner
EDWARD LINTNER8— Born 1892.
CHARLES LINTNER"— Born 1894.
MARY LINTNER9— Born 1896.
FRANK LINTNER"— Born 1899.
ANNIE LINTNER9— Born 1901.
SUSAN LINTNER8— Born 1904.
Children of Sarah (Orvis) and Henry Hardy
-Lorenzo' — Silas6 — Selah*
LILLY IRENE HARDY— Born June 14, 1892.
HENRY FRANK HARDY9— Born July 31, 1894.
MARY ANN HARDY9— Born July 9, 1896.
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NINTH GENERATION
Children of Martha (Orvis) and David Breckenridge
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David= — Eleazer" — Roger4 — Lorenzo1 — Silas" — Selalv
— Martha8
ELIZABETH JANE BRECKENRIDGE"— Born January 14, 1895.
SARAH ANN BRECKENRIDGE"— Bom January 7, 1897.
MARGARET BRECKENRIDGE"— Born November 7, 1899.
SELAH PALMER BRECKENRIDGE"— Born April 3, 1901.
MARY REBECCA BRECKENRIDGE'— Born August 14, 1903.
Children of Alvin L. Orvis and Hannah S. (Salton)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo6 — Silas8 — Selah"
— Alvin L.s
LONELLA ELIZABETH RUTH"— Born September 3, 1884. Married Sep-
tember 30, 1903, Alexander Kennedy.
WILLIAM GEORGE"— Born April 12, 1886. Married March 9, 1910, Bessie
Doan (Cleland).
MINNIE E. — Born February 24, 1888.
EDLEY ALVIN"— Born January 30, 1891.
FREDERICK LEA"— Born January 29, 1896. Died July 12, 1906.
RAY SALTON"— Born July 2, 1904.
Children of Elizabeth (Orvis) and Henry R. Burdge
jeorge" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer- — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — £
— Elizabeth"
GLADYS MARIE BURDGE"— Born July 9, 1901, at Whitby, Ont. Died
September 21, 1902.
FLORRINE PEARLY BURDGE'— Born June 6, 1904, at Whitby, Ont.
EMORY CLARE BURDGE"— Born April 22, 1906, at Whitby, Ont.
172 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
TENTH GENERATION
Children of William Leroy Orvis and Mabel (Gassner)
Male Line: George0 — Roger' — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Samuel3 — Elias6 — Samuel Emery'
— Eugene Eliass — William Leroy"
JOHN STOCKTON HALSTED"'— Born March 17, 1910, at New York City,
N. Y.
Children of Rosetta Victoria (Orvis) and Alfred W. Doudiet
Male Line: George" — Roger1— David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Lorenzo5 — Silas6 — Sel8
— Rosetta Victoria"
ERNEST HAROLD DOUDIET"'— Born December 5, 1902.
VIOLA MAY DOUDIET"— Born March 17, 1906.
GERTRUDE LOUISE DOUDIET'"— Born February 1, 1908.
Children of Austin Giles Orvis and Ella Grace (Riddle)
RAYMOND ARNOLD"— Born July 3, 1921, at Madison, Wis.
Children of Clarence Alfred Orvis and Irene Carroll (Gilbert)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David2— Eleazer1— Roger4 — Samuel3 — Elias8—
— Bert F.s — Clarence Alfred"
ALFRED EUGENE1"— Born May 11, 1921, at Madison, Wis.
Children of Henry Orvis Milward and Florence Margaret (Hamacher)
Male Line: George" — Roger' — David" — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Samuel3 — Elias" — Alvah
— Minnie Bird8 — Henry Orvis Milward"
CLAUDE MARTIN MILWARD'"— Born July 3, 1920, at Madison, Wis
Children of Albert Nelson Orvis and Eliza Ann (Matthews)
Male Line: George0— Roger' — David' — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Philander3 — Joel" — Albert'
— William J. — Albert Nelson"
CLIFTON MATTHEWS"— Born November 11, 1907. Died March 15, 1908.
BERNARD WILBER"— Born May 27, 1910.
LEONARD WAYNE'"— Born February 28, 1914.
THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 173
UNIDENTIFIED FAMILIES
I have no male line of this family back of Eber, but the date of his birth would
indicate that he was of the Fifth Generation.
Children of ( ? ) and ( ? ) Orvis
EBER— Born August 28, 1730, at Norfolk, Conn. Died July 25, 1856. Mar-
ried February 13, 1817, Elcy (Clark), who was born January 20,
1794, and died December 28, 1846.
ABRAHAM— Brother of Eber.
Information given by Daniel Hopkins Orvis, of Hornell, N. Y. He told me that
he thought the father of Eber was David, but was not true. Eber Orvis lived in Groton,
Tompkins County, N. Y., and all of his children were born there. The family later
moved to Steuben County. Eber is said to have been a soldier in the War of 1812. A
brother of Eber is said to have settled in Pennsylvania about 1817, which was about
the time Eber settled in Tompkins County, N. Y.
Children of Eber Orvis and Elcy (Clark)
Male Line: Bbev (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
HIRAM— Born January 20, 1818, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y.
Died July 12, 1901.
MARY— Born October 2, 1918, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y. Died
January 20, 1844.
MARTHA— Born May 9, 1822, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y. Died
July 6, 1855.
DAVID— Born February 15, 1825, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y. Died
December 10, 1903.
David was called "North," a pet name given him by the family of David F. Fel-
lows, with whom he lived. Fellows married a Hannah Orvis, whose identity I have
been unable to trace.
David was a good scholar.
CLARK Born November 1, 1827, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y. Died
March 19, 1901. Married Lydia M. H. (Holley).
Lived in Elmira and Blue Anchor, N. Y.
DANIEL HOPKINS — Born January 16, 1830, at Groton, Tompkins County,
N. Y. Married January 13, ? at Hartsville, Steuben County,
N. Y., Dordania Washburn (Kennedy), who died in 1907 or 1908.
He was living in Hornell, Steuben County, N. Y., in 1916, but has since died.
WILLIAM R. — Born October 13, 1831, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y.
Married Martha A. (Babcock).
Lived in Alfred, N. Y.
JAMES CLARK — Born July 8, 1835, at Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y.
Died in 1913.
Lived in Purdy Creek, N. Y.
174 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
UNIDENTIFIED FAMILIES
Children of William R. Orvis and Martha A. (Babcock)
Male Line: Eber — "William R. (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
ERNEST E.— Bom July 19, 1864, at Hartsville, N. Y. Married July 10,
1889, Jennie M. (Swain) at Andover, N. Y.
He is a farmer and lives at Hartsville, Steuben County, N. Y.
Children of Daniel Hopkins Orvis and Dordania W. (Kennedy)
Male Line: Eber — Daniel H. (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
We have no Male Line (authentic) back of Eber, father of Daniel H. Such in-
formation as we have was given by him, and he said in a letter to the writer that he
thought his grandfather's name was David, but was not sure.
FRANCIS EUGENE— Born January 14, 1854. Married (1) Martha
( ? ), who died about 1907; (2) Pauline ( ? ) about
1910 or 1911.
ELBERT LESLIE— Born May 6, 1858. Married Edith ( ? ).
Did live near Hartsville, N. Y.
WARD K.— Born October 11, 1860. Married Agnes ( ? ).
He moved to Arkansas and died there and the family returned to Hornell, N. Y.
MABEL G.— Born May 23, 1863. Married David Rorison.
Did live at 6910 Tulip Street, Tacony, Philadelphia, Pa.
MARY L. — Born December 13, 1864. Married Ebenezer Page, who died
about 1910 or 1911.
Family did live at Hornell, N. Y.
FREDERICK B.— Born February 27, 1868. Married Ida May (Clemens),
of Springwater, N. Y.
Lived 216 West Grand Street, Rahway, N. J.
ARDEN G.— Born December 15, 1870. Married Hattie B. Odell.
GRACE G.— Born October 1, 1873, at Wellsville, N. Y. Married Clement
A. Drake July 14, 1900, at Cameron, N. Y.
Did live at Hornell, N. Y., R. F. D. No. 7.
Children of Clark Orvis and Lydia M. H. (Holley)
Male Line: Eber — Clark (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
GERTRUDE W.— Born February 3, 1867, at Brentwood, Suffolk County
N. Y.
Did live at 9S Irving Street, Rahway, N. J.
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UNIDENTIFIED FAMILIES
Children of James Clark Orvis and ( ? )
. Male Line: Eber — James Clark (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
EUGENE— Born November 7, 1885, at Hartsville, Steuben County, N. Y.
Married Edith Palmer (Johnson), who was born April 10, 1883, at
Waverly, N. Y., daughter of Benjamin F. Johnson.
Live at Elsmere, Albany County, N. Y.
Children of Eugene Orvis and Edith Palmer (Johnson)
Male Line: Eber — James Clark — Eugene (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
JAMES W.— Born May 30, 1908, at Syracuse, N. Y.
MARION E.— Born January 1, 1910, at Syracuse, N. Y.
HELEN B.— Born May 7, 1911, at Syracuse, N. Y.
HAROLD E.— Born February 2, 1914, at Albany, N. Y.
RUTH E.— Bora July 6, 1919, at Albany, N. Y.
Children of Ernest E. Orvis and Jennie M. (Swain)
Male Line: Eber — William R. — Ernest E. (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
ETHELYN A.— Bom February 13, 1891.
ESTHER E.— Born February 10, 1893.
Children of Grace (Orvis) and Clement A. Drake
Male Line: Eber — Daniel Hopkins — Grace (No authentic Male Line back of Eber)
ELCY MABEL DRAKE— Bom November 15, 1901.
ETHEL AGNES DRAKE— Born August 12, 1905.
BURDETT HAROLD DRAKE— Born November 19, 1908.
ROBERT SARGENT DRAKE— Born September 4, 1910.
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UNIDENTIFIED FAMILIES
Children of ( ? ) (Parents not known)
WILLIAM HENRY ORVIS— Born August 29, 1811, in Massachusetts.
Married Rachel (Parcks).
Removed in 1849 to Grey, N. Y. All other relatives remained in Massachusetts.
Children oi William Henry Orvis and Hachel (Parcks)
HENRY WILLIAMS— Born September 14, 1847. Married Addie E.
(Franklin).
Lives at 122 Caroline Street, Herkimer, N. Y.
SARAH C— Born April 30, 1836. Married Henry Crittenden.
LUCY S.— Born January 15, 1839.
AARON WAITSTILL— Born July 5, 1841. Married Anna (Perry).
Was in National Soldiers' Home in Virginia.
ALVAH T.— Born September 24, 1845. Married Fanny Evans.
Resided at Cold Brook, Herkimer County, N. Y.
ANNETT R.— Born January 25, 1851.
Lived at West Walworth, Wayne County, N. Y.
Children of Henry Crittenden and Sarah C. (Orvis)
ASA CRITTENDEN
Lived at Baldvvinsville, Mass.
EMMA CRITTENDEN— Married ( ? ) Newman.
Lived at Poland, Herkimer County, N. Y.
CARRIE CRITTENDEN — Married ( ? ) Fleming, of Springfield,
Mass.
HATTIE CRITTENDEN
Children of Aaron Waitstill Orvis and Anna (Perry)
WILLIAM
ANNA
EDITH
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UNIDENTIFIED FAMILIES
Children of Alvah T. Orvis and Fannie (Evans)
ADA
IDA— Married ( ? ) Sanford.
Lived at Frankfort, Herkimer County, N. Y.
LILLIAN— Married ( ? ) Cooper.
Lived at Cold Brook, Herkimer County, N. Y.
Children of Henry William Orvis and Addie E. (Franklin)
MAUDE ELLEN— Born February 2, 1882. Died at Herkimer, N. Y., Octo-
ber 15, 1904.
REBA SARAH— Born April 8, 1885. Died at Herkimer, N. Y., January
9, 1900.
IRENE RACHEL— Born September 18, 1890. Married George S. Pierson.
Has one child, Marrion C. Pierson, and lived at 122 Caroline Street, Herkimer, N. Y.
Children of Chauncey Orvis and ( ? )
(My only information is that he lived in Massachusetts.)
HORATIO— Born June 13, 1824. Died January 5, 1866, at Boylston, N. Y.
Married August 22, 1852, Elizabeth (Pruyn), who was born July
10, 1830, at Boylston, Oswego County, N. Y., and died September 30,
1891.
Died from illness arising from service in the United States Army.
Children of Horatio Orvis and Elyzabeth (Pruyn)
ALTHISTA M. — Bom July 11, 1855, at Boylston, N. Y. Married Russell
J. Dimon, M. D.
Living in 1889 at Hastings, Oswego County, N. Y.
DEFOREST HORATIO— Bom March 8, 1857, in Boylston, N. Y. Died at
Pulaski, N. Y. Married in 1874 Henrietta (Greenfield) .
LETTY ELENOR— Bom January 12, 1862, at Sandy Creek, N. Y. Died
there December 22, 1866.
ERVY AMBROSE — Born December 22, 186—, at Sandy Creek, N. Y. Died
there January 5, 1866.
SARAH LOUISA— Married John Porter.
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UNIDENTIFIED FAMILIES
WILLIAM A.— Bom February 4, 1816. Married May 15, 1839, Elizabeth
Root, who was born in Farming-ton, Conn., August 15. 1820, and died
September 9. 1864.
Children cf William A. Orvis and Elizabeth (Root)
GEORGE A.— Born May 14, 1862. Died December 31, 1864.
ALICE E.— Bom July 25, 1843. Married February 14, 1862, Christopher
Ribstock, in New Britain, Conn. Died in 1884.
EMILY N.— Born February' 14, 1846. Died March, 1884. Married David
Brownlow, of Middletown.
HENRY T.— Born June 8, 1849. Married Anna Cook, of Plainville.
CHARLES W.— Born April 7, 1854. Died March 31, 1888. Married Rhoda
J. Peck, of Windsorville, June 5, 1877. She was born July 16, 1860.
NELLIE A.— Born May 14, 1862. Died August 21, 1864.
GEORGE C— Born August 15, 1864. Died September 16, 1864.
Children of Charles William Orvis and Rhoda Jane (Peek)
CHARLES FRANCIS— Born August 3, 1880, at Meriden, Conn. Married
May 10, 1910, at Rainbow, Conn., Sarah Elizabeth (Hayden).
Charles Francis Orvis enlisted in U. S. Cavalry July 18, 1900, and served during
the Philippine campaign. Was discharged July 17, 1903, with excellent character.
Worked for Quartermaster Department as assistant to Veterinary Surgeon for two
years in the Philippines. Re-enlisted in Troop 1, 8th Cavalry and returned with them
to Fort Robinson, Neb., where he was discharged as acting Quartermaster Sergeant
with excellent character, August 10, 1908.
Residence was 50 Calhoun Street, Springfield, Mass. Occupation, was assembler
of magnetos.
FREDDIE RUSSEL— Bom March 12, 1882, at Meriden, Conn. Married
October 11, 1904, at Windsor Locks, Conn., Ora Etta (Vane).
Occupation, trolley conductor. Residence, Windsor Locks, Conn.
RALPH ELMER— Born March 25, 1886, at Meriden, Conn. Married De-
cember 25, 1912, at Westfield, Mass., Harriett May (Campbell).
Occupation, stock clerk. Residence, S28 North Main Street, Springfield, Mass.
MINNIE M.— Born December 21, 1884. Died January 7, 1887.
NELLIE E.— Born September 27, 1878. Died January 1, 1898.
Children of Charles Francis Orvis and Sarah Elizabeth (Hayden)
FRANCIS HAYDEN— Born May 20, 1911.
CHARLES WILLIAM— Born December 31, 1912.
Children of Freddie Russell Orvis and Ora Etta (Vane)
MILDRED ETTA— Born August 8, 1905.
ESTHER FRANCIS— Born October 16, 1907.
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SCOTT'S MODERN CARAVAN (Continued)
Mr. William D. Scott and Family in Caravan Costume
t William D. Scott, of Scott's Model!
daughter of John Jay Orvis. See pages
Caravan far
95 and 161.)
red Mary Louise (Orvis).
A tired business man's dream of a quiet home of independence and freedom "Out
where the West begins" was the germ of an idea that later transported 28 families
more than 3000 miles across the continent from their city homes in Brooklyn, New
York, to snug little 40-acre farms near Buhl, Idaho.
When Mr. W. D. Scott, of Brooklyn, first confided to a friend his determination to
give up the nothingness of the big city to seek a home in the West, little did he dream
that a few months later he would be sponsoring a modern automobile caravan of nearly
100 men, women and children in their migration from the city back to the soil.
The continued demands of friends who had heard of Mr. Scott's idea were respons-
ible for the organizing of the caravan. After correspondence with officials in various
western states Mr. Scott was attracted to an irrigated tract of about 5000 acres near
Buhl, Idaho, which he later visited and took an option on for the prospective settlers.
So many people were attracted by the novelty of the caravan idea that many ap-
plicants were of necessity turned away. Those were selected for the first section who
seemed best adapted to the pioneering work ahead of them and who appeared financially
able to carry it through to a successful conclusion.
After the thousands of details incident to a new project of this kind (the first in
the history of the country) were arranged, the 3124-mile trip across nine states began,
and eight weeks later the modern homesteaders, 28 families in all, reached their ob-
jective, Buhl, Idaho. Every man, woman and child who left with the caravan came
through to the end of the journey, a record seldom, if ever, equalled in the history of
caravans.
At exactly 12 o'clock on the 28th day of July, 1921, Hon. Edward C. Riegelmann,
Borough President of Brooklyn, New York, officially started Scott's Modern Caravan
from Borough Hall steps, Brooklyn. Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge at 1 o'clock the
caravaners were bidden Godspeed on the City Hall steps of Greater New York by the
Mayor, Hon. John F. Hylan, and thence under escort of the New York Motorcycle Po-
lice were conducted through Fifth Avenue and Broadway to Yonkers, New York, where
they began their long journey across the continent.
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SCOTT'S MODERN CARAVAN (Continued)
The caravan attracted so much attention along the way that huge crowds were
present to greet the pilgrims at every stop. In nearly every city the Mayor, members
of the Council, Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Club, Rotary, Kiwanis and. other
Club members were on hand to welcome and entertain them with banquets, dinners,
special movies, concerts, dances, etc. Space in city parks was roped off and police
protection provided during the caravan's stay, free firewood furnished, and as soon as
the caravan arrived, merchants were on hand to furnish food supplies at prevailing prices.
The first official reception of note was at Schenectady, N. Y. Under the direction
of Mayor Hon. Edward C. Lunn of that city the travelers were welcomed with a parade
through the city, two band concerts arranged for them, special movies taken of the
caravan and, what was most appreciated, the city's corps of auto mechanics went over
every car and truck in the party during their stay in the city.
Similar hospitality was shown all along the route. At Niagara Falls the caravan-
ers were given the freedom of the city and enjoyed all the attractions connected with
the Falls without cost. No tolls were charged for crossing the Mississippi and Mis-
souri river bridges. At Yellowstone Park, for the first time in history, the admission
charge was lifted and the caravan passed through the entire park without charge.
The scenic wonders encountered on the trip provided an education that the cara-
vaners will never forget and furnished thrills that lasted to the last day of the journey.
Yellowstone Park, with all its wonders, Hanson Bridge, the highest suspension bridge
in the world, Shoshone Falls, the highest falls in the United States, and the crossing of
the massive Rockies, all beggar description.
From the moment the Idaho state line was reached on September 18 till the end
of the journey, 3 days later, the excitement was intense. Every town strove to outdo
its neighbors in extending hospitality to the newcomers. In Pocatello the whole cara-
van was taken to the Bannock Hotel and a room with bath provided for each member,
the first time the caravan had stopped in a hotel since leaving Brooklyn.
The arrival in Buhl, September 21, just 8 weeks after the journey started, was an
appropriate climax to the epoch-making trek across the states. Every home in Buhl
displayed an American hag, and over a mile of school children lined both sides of the
pavement, each child carrying an American flag. For Buhl it was a gala day with
2500U people (10 times the town's population) on hand to welcome the new neighbors
in true western fashion.
No sooner had the new settlers unlimbered themselves after their journey than
they started for their new ranches, where each caravaner was assisted in building his
home by a committee of business men from Buhl. Next in order came the clearing of
the sagebrush and construction of outouiiumgs for chickens, pigs, cattle and horses,
these improvements are practically completed ana at the present time the former city
dwellers are busy in their helds with discs, harrows, seeders and drills, putting in the
crop which they expect to oring them the independence and contentment they came
oUUU mnes to find.
The conclusion of the 3124-mile journey of the First Section of Scott's Modern Car-
avan marks it as one oi tne most unique events in modern nistory.
A most significant fact in connection with the caravan is the improved health of
the caravaners. j\ lew weeKs on tne trip changed tired, nervous, paie-faced individuals
to pictures ox ruoay neaitn. Aside irom a tew siignt coias, tnere was no sicKness on
tne trip, nor nas a uoctor hau to oe caueu since tae arrival ot tne colony at riuhi.
Caravaners Hell
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(Letter from Ambrose Orvis to His Nephew, Josephus Orvis)
The original of this letter is now in the possession of Miss Florence Adams Chase,
of Chicago, 111., a descendant of Josephus Orvis and Hannah (Whitney) (Campbell).
Forks of the Cattaraugus Creek, Village of Arcade,
Town of China and County of Genesee.
July 1, 1839.
Dear Sir:
You and I now live far distant from each other, and it is very seldom that I hear
anything of you, yet I have a lively remembrance of you and all yours, and would re-
joice to see you all. But it has pleased GOD in his allwise providence to keep me in the
far West. I have heard of the death of your father and mother, and many others with
whom I was once acquainted. I was desirous to come to Vermont this year. But the
very long lapse of time — forty years — since I was there made it probable that I should
not find anyone that ever knew me or I them. I therefore thought it best to write and
see whether my old friends were all gone to their long home.
I am now 81 years and 6 months old. Yet my memory is bright and strong, never
more so at any time of my life. I remember my birthday at 3 years old, and a great
many things from that time to this, and my physical strength is good. I can do any
sort of work with expedition. I can walk fast — even run with speed. But I do not
work any this year. Last year I mowed many days, and loaded and stacked hay, after
the stoutest pitcher in all this village. The reason of my working so was this, my son,
Ambrose, has sold a great part of his land here, and bought in the State of Michigan, and
he and his boys worked there last summer, and I carried on the old farm in Arcade.
Ambrose moved his family to the town of Millford in Oakland County, and State of
Michigan, about the first of May this year. I myself went up with the family. We
made a quick arid prosperous voyage. We started from Arcade on Monday morning,
April 29, and arrived at our farm in Millford on Friday the same week, a distance of
400 miles in five days. We got there on Friday at 2 o'clock P. M. We went up the
Lake Erie in a steam boat which runs ten miles an hour. The spring comes on in Mich-
igan much earlier than it does in Vermont, or even Western New York. Fruit trees
were in full bloom at the first of May in Michigan. And the best wheat 12 inches high,
common lettuce and green onions were served up for sause, cabbage plants fit to trans-
plant, and all other things in the same state of forwardness.
I stayed in Michigan till 1 of June.. June 3 I started for home and arrived in Ar-
cade in the short space of 5 days and a half — 400 miles. I left my family all well in
Michigan, and those that remained in Arcade were all well on my return. My son,
Ambrose, has 4 sons and 2 daughters, namely: Andrew Moor, 2; Ambrose Curtis, 3;
James Christopher, 4; William Silvester. Females: Urania, 1; Elisabeth, 2, called Betty.
Mary, my son's wife, has had three children more: one still born; the other two died at
about 2 year old — the one a boy was next after James, and was named William. Will-
iam now living was called after him to bear up his name; the other, a daughter, was
called Mary after her mother. Mary was their youngest child and died about 4 years
ago.
The two eldest sons, Andrew and Ambrose, did not go to Michigan with the family.
Andrew is engaged in the boating business on the Genesee River and has $20.00 per
month. Ambrose works on the old farm in Arcade. Since I moved to the State of New
York my worldly property has increased to a much greater amount than it was when I
lived in Vermont. At one time my son and I held deeds of 252 acres of land in this
village — all paid for long ago. But my son has sold the greater part of his land in
Arcade, and bought in the State of Michigan. The old farm with a good house, bairn
and orchard, still remain unsold.
Now hear me, sir. I once vainly thought that happiness might be found in this
world. Yet I did not possess it, though I greatly desired it. But it was always away
yonder out of sight. I could not come at it; sometimes indeed it would seem near at
hand, very bright and dazzling, but suddenly it would skip away like a Jack o'lantern
which none could ever catch but many have been ruined by following it, being led into
a dark swamp, and got bewildered and so perished.
I am the only one remaining in this world of all the family of the old race of 7
sons and 3 daughters of my honored father, William Orvis, who departed this life June
13, 1774.
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(Letter from Ambrose Orvis to His Nephew, Josephus Orvis, Continued)
All the others one after another are gone to their long home and none of them
lived to my present age excepting my mother. She lived to about 90 years. Whether
I shall hold out to 90 years is known only to that GOD in whose hand my breath is and
whose are all my ways. But this we all know, that our time in this world is short at
the most. It remaineth therefore that we give all diligence to prepare for death, our
great and last change, that when we are called out of this world we may be watching
and waiting for the coming of our Lord, and Savior Jesus Christ, that at his coming he
may find us so doing.
My dear friend, please to write to me that I may know where you are and how
you do. My love to you and all yours. Give my compliments to all inquiring friends.
I still remain, Dear Sir, your affectionate friend,
AMBROSE ORVIS.
Mr. Josephus Orvis.
N. B.: I have said nothing in the foregoing about religion. We have a Congrega-
tional Church here consisting of about 130 members and a local preacher, Mr. Hunting-
ton Lyman, and a good Church House with a bell, and two soves (stoves), the whole cost
about $3,000. We have a Sunday School, Bible Class and monthly concert. We have
also a Temperance Society numbering about 600. Yet notwithstanding our form, there
is a sad deficiency of that charity which suffereth long and is kind, that envieth not, etc.
SOME ORVIS SIGNATURES
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A FEW ORVIS ENVELOPE CORNEB CARDS
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Return In 5 days to
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MII/TON
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Pastor Summit Congregational Church
DnauauE iowa
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COUNSELLOR AT LAW
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New York
After 5 rlsys, return to
THE ORVIS COMPANY
PRINTERS
ORVIS & McKELVY,
EDWARD C. ORVIS, Steam Book and Job Printers 308 FAST TimTw"oprnm, „,.
MANCHESTER, VERMONT. Bucyru* Oh,o. N^wToR^'c^
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Des Moines, la., May 17, 1912.
Mr. F. W. Orvis,
Dear Relative: — Your book of the Orvis race gave me information that led me to
find the name of Waitstill Orvis. My grandfather was a commissioned officer in Ver-
mont in 1778, three years before it was a State, and in the Revolutionary War. His
name I found recorded as such in the records in this city at the State Capitol Building.
From this I completed my long sought record, and I have become a member of the Sons
of the Revolution, and my daughter, Mrs. Hoffman, has joined the National Society of
Daughters of the Revolution. This places the record for others that desire to join these
societies. Advise me if I can help them.
Respectfully yours,
P. S. I suppose you received my photo.
J. M. ORVIS.
(Letter from R. S. Orvis to His Uncle and Aunt, Jesse and Lydia)
(This letter was loaned to me by Mrs. Orey E. Crippen, a daughter of Geo. Eleazer
Orvis. oldest son of Eleazer Orvis and Celestia Rich. — F. VV. O.)
Hastings, March 26, 1852.
Dear Uncle: — I write to inform you of the death of my father and also of my
brother Samuel. Samuel died on the 12th day of October last: his death was caused
by wounds received 2 days before by slipping and falling so as to be caught in a thresh-
ing machine that he was tending. He had been subject for some years to turns of dizzi-
ness in the head. This is what caused him to fall. His left arm was demolished and
left leg terribly torn to pieces. Both limbs were amputated that day, and, there being
no visible marks of injury on the body besides the leg and arm mentioned before, hopes
of recovery were entertained at first. Owing, however, to the breaking of blood vessels,
mortification ensued, and he died 2 clays afterwards. He bore his affliction with great
patience, had his reason to the last and died with a cheerful hope in the resurrection.
Father bore the death of Samuel as well as anyone could expect. On the 27th of
October, as father was in the sitting room while his bed was making, he fell on the
smooth floor and broke his hip bone. The surgeon said that it could not be set. He
lived a week from the time the injury was received. He had his reason till within less
than an hour of his death. He talked till within 5 or 6 hours of his death, when his
lips became parched, but his look and his squeeze of his hand told that he knew his
acquaintances and what they said to him. During his last illness he often expressed
his willingness to die.
Alvah died about G years before father and Samuel. Some months before his
death Alvah was hooked by an ox, receiving a wound in the spine. This wound finally
terminated his life. So you see the male members of our family have all gone but
myself, and none of them, properly speaking, have died a natural death. Mother is
about as well as usual for persons of her age (85 years). Our family at Prattsburg
are in usual health. My wife's health about as common. Two of sister Rosina's daugh-
ters, married and resident here in Hastings with their families, are all well. I have
risen very lately from a sick bed that had confined me to the house for 9 days, but I
am beginning now to do some work again.
My sister Clarissa was married in December last, to Aaron Whitehead, who was
formerly married to Ruth Turner, Aunt Eunice's daughter. They live on the old farm
with mother. I have long wanted to hear from you and also to write to you but had
not till lately the means of ascertaining where to direct a letter. In January last my
sister Clarissa and myself took a journey to the Susquehanna country to where Aunt
Koxanna with her posterity and our sister Caroline live. We found them tolerably well.
Roger Orvis, Aunt Roxanna's husband, died 4 years ago the 6th of last July, as you
had probably learned before. Aunt Roxanna is nearly blind. She retains the faculties
of her mind in an uncommon degree. They live mostly at Clifford, in the S. E. of Sus-
quehanna County, and some of them are in Luzerne County. If Uncle Jesse and Aunt
Lydia are living, they are the only ones left of the 14 of Grandfather Orvis' children.
My mother and Aunt Roxanna are all who are left of 13 of Grandfather Seward's chil-
dren. I hope you will write to me immediately on receiving this letter. I am anxious
to know whether this letter reaches you or not. I am anxious to get a list of the 14
children of Grandfather Orvis, with the day and year on which each was born, and
also the day and year on which each died. If they are put down in the form of a table
it will make the least writing and will be less liable to omissions. I want to make
out a family chart, and will send you a copy when made if you desire. Uncle Jesse's
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
(Letter from R. S. Orvis to His Uncle and Aunt, Jesse and Lydia, Continued)
memory is good and I believe that Aunt Lydia's is. The following is the form I should
like to get the names, etc.:
Names Year, month and date of birth Time of death
Reuben
Roger
David
Eleazer
Hannah 1744, Apr. 15 1813, Apr. 9
Phebe
Samuel 1755, Mar. 6 1851, Nov. 3
You see, I have given a specimen of a table containing the name, time of birth,
also the time of death of each. The 7 older ones I remember hearing grandmother tell
about the ages of, but the precise time of the birth of any I do not know except father's.
The rest are therefore left blank; but they were born in the order in which they are set
down. Of the younger 7 I am not in every case quite certain of the order of their'
birth. — Pray send me a list, and as accurate as your memory can make it. Let us not
fail of writing each other every year. Give me the Post Office where you generally
take your letters, tell us where the nearest railroad station is to your place also. Direct
your letters to the Central Square Post Office, Oswego Co., N. Y. Give my love to all
the younger branches of the family.
Your affectionate nephew,
To Jesse Orvis and Lydia Rose. R. S. ORVIS.
Missoula, Montana, June 26, 1912.
Mr. Francis W. Orvis,
New York City.
Dear Sir: — Your kind favor of 16 at hand, also the Orvis book for which I
desire to express to you my sincere thanks. The John M. Orvis of Des Moines I have
met some 16 years ago — the only time — although I knew very well nearly all of his
brothers and sisters. They were a large family, also his father and mother, Simeon V.
and Direxy Campbell. My daughter, Ethel L. Reinhard was born at Salem, Wis., Mar.
4, 1S88. My daughter, Helen J., was born at Trevor, Wis., April 23, 1894. My son,
John Mills, was born at Missoula, Mont., April 24, 1899. Ethel L. was married to J.
G. Reinhard, of Missoula, Mont., Mar. 4, 1911 — no children.
My grandfather — son of Waitstill and Elizabeth was named John Mills. I never
knew that he had lived in New York. Was born in Vermont, lived there a great many
years; then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, my father and the entire family coming with
him. While in Cleveland my father owned and" ran a blacksmith shop near the Ohio
canal. In 1844, they all came to Salem, Kenosha Co., Wis., and settled on a farm
owned by Capt. John J. Tuttle. My father and grandfather lived in that vicinity until
their deaths, except for a period of 4 years from 1850 to 1854, which my father spent
in California, crossing the plains amid great hardships going, but returning via boat
and crossing the Isthmus of Panama (by land of course), then by boat, to New York
City, etc.
Do you know how our family obtained the name, Mills?
Yours very truly,
J. M. ORVIS.
From data indicated in "Outlines of the Orvis Family" issued in 1911, J. M. Orvis
made application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution with the
following result:
433 JOHN MILLS ORVIS 23508
Merchant, Des Moines
Born Brattleboro, Vt., Dec. 9, 1835. Admitted Dec. 9, 1911.
Simeon V. Orvis ' Direxy C. Campbell
Waitstill Orvis Elizabeth Church
Waitstnl or Weightstiil Orvis was commissioned by the Committee of Safety of
Yermontj August 18, 1778, as ensign in the Vermont troops and served in such office
for CumDerland County in the Southern Regiment.
References: Vermont Revolutionary Roils, pages 823-826.
There is very little doubt that every Orvis is entitled to membership in either the
Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution or any similar body.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
(Letter from James Christopher Orvis to Francis Wayland Orvis)
Maywood, Cook Co., 111., March 18, 1897.
Mr. Francis W. Orvis,
18-20 Rose Street. New York.
My oldest brother's wife, Caroline, has just sent me some papers from you in regard
to the Orvis Family. I will try and give a little information and perhaps it may lead
to more. I see we were born the same year,* only my birthday is May 21st, and yours
July 12th. I will give a little sketch of my forefathers. First, my grandfather, Am-
brose Orvis, was born in Northfield, Mass., January 7, 1758. He was a Revolutionary
soldier. My father, same name, only Jr., was in War of 1812. I will give later on
the names of his folks, as far as I can. If I could see you I could tell you so much
easier than I can write. I can scarcely see the lines so you must excuse mistakes. I
had a cataract taken off both of my eyes some three years ago and for the last three
weeks my glasses seem to go back on me, but will do the best I can.
My grandfather had three children: Sally, Ambrose and Urania. My father went
away from home when about 17 years old — shipt on a whaling trip and was gone about
nine years; went some 18,000 miles around the world. They never heard from him:
supposed him dead. He had written but never heard from home. He grew up a tall
man, 6 feet and three inches in his stockings. When he got home there was rejoicing
in that family like the prodigal son. I don't know whether they had the fatted calf
or not. I can think of lots I have heard him tell of his hardships. He was impressed
three different times on board of an English man-of-war. He never liked the Johnnies
much. He was once taken prisoner by the Spanish; had him in prison in Peru about
ton months. He had his passports. They tried hard to steal them from him. I could
tell lots about what I have heard him tell. He never liked the Spanish much better
than the English. My grandfather was a musician in Revolution. I now have the
snare drum he then carried. He played it at both Inaugurals of Washington in N. Y.
He knew General Putnam and Ethan Allen. My grandfather was a splendid song
singer. He said he had sung in Washing-ton's camp many times when they were in
Winter quarters; has seen Washington dance. This snare drum I played when William
Henry Harrison — "Old Tippecanoe and Tyler too" — was elected. My oldest brother
played the fife and first voted for him. I am all that is left of our family. I have
played the drum at every Presidential election and 4th of July since and intend to as
long as I live. I have a violin I've had about 60 years. I play it and the drum occa-
sionally, and think of old times. I had a sketch printed of the drum and myself in the
Chicago Times Herald. I have given them all away or I would send you one. My
grandfather died Aug. 30, 1840. Father died August 29, 1850; my mother, March 10,
1856; my oldest brother (Andrew M. Orvis), died Dec. 21, 1895; my youngest, William
S., May 18, 1892; my next older than me, Ambrose C, was killed by the cars in Mil-
ford, Mich., July 21, 1894. He was a banker there. My oldest and youngest brothers
went to California in the first gold excitement. My oldest brother was the greatest
man for fun and story telling I ever saw; always ready for anything. He played the
violin and fife. My son has his fife. We played them for McKinley Campaign. My
oldest brother's family were all musicians. My son is not behind. He never uses to-
bacco or intoxicants. I never used tobacco, or but one of my brothers, nor my grand-
father. I have been two days writing these lines on account of my eyes and will have
to quit. Some other time may be better to write more. Would like to hear from you
any time. I never knew of an Orvis I would not like to see or hear from. Oliver I speak'
of was my father's cousin. He was at our house in Michigan since I was married. He
looks like my grandfather enough to be a brother. He played the drum and on my
violin. I know a great many Orvises — a girl in Decatur, Indiana, was here last year.
She has an uncle in Chicago and another in Ohio. Mrs. Bettis of Fond-du-Lac, Wis.,
told of one Isaac Orvis, who was at their house a number of years ago looking up the
Orvis family. I must close. My son is with the Bakers National Bank of Chicago —
has been there several years. This morning my eyes feel better. Please write to me.
Yours truly,
Maywood, 111. JAMES C. ORVIS,
P. S. — My birthplace was China, Genessee Co., N. Y. State. It's been divided since
we moved away. It is now called Wyoming Co. Batavia was then our county seat.
(On a slip in same letter)
I have been in the milling business quite a little. This is the last flouring mill.
* The old gentleman was in error, as my birthday is Oct. 12, 1855 — about 40 years
later than his.— F. W. O.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
(Letter from James Christopher Orvis to Francis Wayland Orvis, Continued)
All the other owners are dead and it is now turned into a knitting factory. I used to
make 1,400 bbls. of flour per week.
(On another sheet)
My grandfather's father's name was William Orvis. His father's name was Samuel
Orvis of Simsbury, Conn. William Orvis was born 1709 at Simsbury, Conn. He had
three wives: Anna (1), Martha (2), Elizabeth (3), Severance, who was living when he
died. His children were 10, as follows:
Mercy,
Samuel was a soldier in French and Indian War, 1756-175S,
William,
Rachel,
Anna,
Charles,
Oliver,
Gershom,
Waitstill was an ensign in Revolution. (I have seen him).
Ambrose, my g-randfather (see History of Northfield, Mass.), Temple & Sheldon.
Vermont History & Gazeteer, Vol. 5. History of Eastern Vermont, page 773.
The cane is now in Milwaukee, I think, in possession of Ebenezer Orvis, a brother
of George Orvis, who used to live in this city, Chicago. He is West. His only daughter
and wife went to California over one year ago. She died last fall and the girl expects
to come back this spring. The cane spoken of she has seen. It's a reed, petrified. There
was once a manuscript with it, but it is lost. There were two Orvis brothers came to
America from England about 1600. This cane was presented to them by the Black
Prince (see English History) for bravery in guarding his castle. An English lady was
here last year and said she had been in this castle and there she saw the armor they
claimed was once worn by the Prince. The Orvises first came from Wales and all
started from these brothers and are quite a nation; settled first in Massachusetts, Ver-
mont and Connecticut, but now to be found most everywhere. There is one in Boston,
John Orvis, about SI years, the last of fourteen children. He was at my house. Also
another Orvis — Oliver by name. He died in Wisconsin. There are a great many in
Wisconsin. Some of the Orvis family live quite old. There was one, I have heard
my father tell, lived to be 102 years. George's parents were 84 years old. There was
an Orvis, a Mrs. Bettis, in Wisconsin, that celebrated their golden wedding two years
ago. My wife and I were married in 1846.
The paper you sent giving a sketch of you, if like you it's Orvis all over. All the
Orvises have a sameness, shape of head. All have resemblance.
THE HAWLEY-ORVIS AFFILIATIONS
Benjamin Hawley, of Farmington, Conn., married Lydia Orvis June 20, 1770. When
Benjamin died, Lydia married David Smith. Their daughter, Ursula, married Ben-
jamin Hawley, farmer, of Bristol, Conn., May 3, 1807. Did live in Luzerne County,
Pa.
Elisha Hawley married Margaret Orvis, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (North).
Samuel Hawley married Amy Atwater, daughter of Ichabod and Abigail (Orvis) At-
water, at Norfolk, Conn.
Eleazer Hawley had a son named Orvis E. Hawley, born February 16, 1832. He died
in Chicago July 31, 1855.
Romulus Hawley named his son, Orvis E. Hawley, born August 14, 1857.
David Orvis married Lydia Hawley. This was the son of Eleazer.
In a letter to the author dated March 8, 1897, Mrs. Caroline (Kibbe) Orvis, widow
of Andrew Moore Orvis, said:
"Since my marriage I became acquainted with father Orvis' (Ambrose, Jr.) cousin,
Oliver Orvis, a bachelor, and paper maker by trade. He died in Wisconsin, 70 years
old or more."
I am unable to place this one. Can any one help me ?
194 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES, DATES AND QUESTIONS, ETC., PICKED UP HERE
AND THERE; NOT VERIFIED
(Copied from the "Times-Journal," Dubuque, Iowa)
Tony, Wis., July 28, 1913.— Bert. Orvis, aged 26, of Waukegan, 111., lost his life
trying to run the rapids at Big Falls, on the Flambeau River north of here. A search-
ing party cannot locate the body.
(From New York State Records)
Elizabeth Pruyn married Horatio Orvis — after 1827.
Benjamin F. Orvis, Chavertown, Mass.
John H. Orvis, 1 Magazine Street, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Frederick Orvis.
David A. Orvis.
John Orvis, Kilby Street, Boston, Mass.
In 1847, William Orvis, from the Isle of Jersey, Captain of the Brig "Richard," said
the family came from Cornwall.
Who was Charles N. Orvis, Redwood Falls, Minnesota ? Said to have kept a cafe.
Oliver Orvis, cousin of Ambrose, Jr., was a paper maker and a batchelor. Died
in Wisconsin about 1827.
From Memorial History of Hartford County, Conn., we glean: Jane Orvis died Au-
gust 22, 1864, at Unionville; four years old, cholera infantum.
Elizabeth Orvis died September 10, 1864; 44 years old, of disentery.
John Norton was one of the original settlers of Farmington, also John North.
Eunis Orvis, wife of James M. Orton, of Rome, N. Y., died June 24, 1830, in the
thirty-second year of her age.
Jane Orvis, aged four years, Unionville, Conn., died August 22, 1864.
Elizabeth Orvis, 44 years old, Farmington, Conn., died September 10, 1864.
Nellie S. Orvis, aged 21, Plainville, Conn., daughter of George and Eva (Booth)
Orvis, married Wilbert E. Coons, son of George and Clara (Booth) Coons.
Richard Orvis married Mary S. Brown July 19, 1838.
Mary Orvis married Thomas Catlin, March 1, 1843, at Farmington.
Lucy Emma, daughter of Frederick and Abagail Orvis, died March, 1830, aged ten
months.
Abagail, wife of Frederick Orvis, died August, 1829, aged thirty-eight years.
Clarissa A., probably daughter of William and Clarissa, married Uriah Alford,
October 20, 1839, at Farmington.
Curtis Oris, born May 24, 1766.
At the organization of Sullivan, Tioga County, Pa., three of the "Taxables" were
Jesse, Joseph and Timothy Orvis. Also David Fellows.
Roger Orvis is given as a pensioner, residing in Vermont in 1818.
Samuel Orvis is given as a pensioner, residing in New York in 1818.
Eleazer Orvis enlisted in 1777 for three years, but died October 1, 1777.
In Love's History of Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion (1866), at page 980,
it is said: "Samuel E. Orvis, of Company F, Fifth Regiment, came out of a storm of
bullets at the Battle of the Wilderness with a shattered arm, whose broken bones grated
as it swung by his side, and walked more than a mile rather than take the place in an
ambulance that some more needy one might want."
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA 195
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES, DATES AND QUESTIONS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE
In the Emerson Family Record, Uriel Herbert Orvis is given instead of Uriel
Hawlev as we have it. Both Windsor, Vt., October 25, 1784. Died at Massena, N. Y.,
June 24, 1854.
There is an Orvisburg, Pear River County, Mississippi; Orvilla, Wilkinson County,
Mississippi; Orviile, Henry County, Kentucky; Orviston, Pennsylvania. This last is
named after Judge Ellis L. Orvis, of Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
There is an Orvista Apartment House at 35 West 81st Street, New York City. Col.
Charles Orvis, formerly of 60 Broadway, was interested in its erection.
Orvis Street and East Orvis Street in Massena, N. Y., named in honor of Col. Urel
H. Orvis, prominent in that town during his life time.
There was an "Orvis House" hotel in Dixon, Ohio.
There was an Orvis House in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota, kept by H. D. Orvis
as late as 1897. He was a son of Isaac Orvis and Gulielma (Deane).
Orvis Hall, Des Moines, Iowa, owned by John Mills Orvis.
On August 21, 1871, two gentlemen came to the Security Bank from Canada, in-
quiring of J. U. Orvis, who Abraham Orvis was as they wished to pay to him or his
decendants $17,000. Query: Who was the lucky chap?
Lorin Orvis married Lillis Brown. Their first son was Abram. He was born July
19, 1808, and married Deborah Keese. Possibly this was the man. — F. W. 0.
"Frederick Orvis lived at Waddington, St Lawrence County, N. Y., and his son,
David A. was a merchant there for several years after. There was a W. B. Orvis, of
the firm of Williams & Orvis, in Boston and about 1850 he called upon me at my store
in New York, and talked about the King James Cane." From Franklin H. Orvis Record.
It is said that "Oerfis" is the Welsh equivalent for Orvis and that it means "The
Cold Month."
Rummaging through old legal papers in the Court House at Newfane, county seat
of Windham County, Vermont, we ran across these items. Very likely there were more,
but our time was short. — F. W. O. and E. L. O.
Gershom Orvis, of Paris, Herkimer County, New York, summoned Joseph Tucker,
of Halifax, Vt., March 1, 1800.
Judgment issued against Jonathan Paterson and Waitstill Orvis at Brattleboro,
Vt., March 21, 1801; also December 17, 1800.
In Brattleboro, Vt., Justice's Court, James Capen sued John M. Orvis May 10, 1828.
In same court April 5, 1831, John M. Orvis sued Daniel Fisher.
In same court April 5, 1831, John M. Orvis sued Harvey Carpenter.
In same court December 6, 1811, Seth Herrick sued William Orvis at Halifax, Wind-
ham County, Vt., November 19, 1£00.
Gershom Orvis sued Benj. Olds.
Page 222, Vol. 3, record proceedings, before Lemuel Whitney, Justice of the Peace
for Windham County (Brattleboro), Vt., shows entry of Judgment on May 29, 1818, in
John M. Orvis vs. Wm. Brown.
Same records show entry of judgment August 28, 1818, in John M. Orvis vs. Heze-
kiah Salisbury, Jr.
Same record, August 28, 1818, John M. Orvis vs. Joseph Willis.
Same record, August 28, 1818, John M. Orvis vs. Nathaniel Haynes.
The above were proceedings in Justice's Court in Brattleboro.
In records of Town Clerk of Newfane, Windham County, Vt., there is recorded a
transfer of property from Josephus Orvis to Edward Adams on February 2, 1847, and
also a transfer to same transferee by Hannah Orvis.
Same records show a transfer from Daniel Jones on February 18, 1846, to Josephus
Orvis, of Marlboro, Vt.
Same records show transfer of land January 19, 1847, to Josephus Orvis, of New-
fane, Vt.
196 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
A FEW ORVIS EPITAPHS
William, 81; Scott's Swamps, March 20, 1857.
Clarissa, 63; wife of William, June 2, 1846.
Abagail, 38; wife of Frederick, Burlington, Vt, August 22, 1829.
George, 11; son of George and Rebecah, Norfolk, Conn., April 28, 1817.
Martha Jewett, 45; wife of Joshua, Middleburg, Vt., October 29, 1863.
Levi B., 22; West Brattleboro, September 23, 1833.
Waitstill, Esq., 68; West Brattleboro, October 11, 1823.
Elizabeth, 75; his wife, West Brattleboro, September 14, 1832. (This was Elizabeth
Church.— F. W. 0.)
Elizabeth, 89; widow of William, West Brattleboro, October 31, 1806. (This is
Elizabeth Severance. — F. W. 0.)
William, 62; Dummerston, Vt., January, 1801. (This William was husband of Mind-
well Holton.— F. W. O.)
In West Brattleboro Burying Ground we found these inscriptions on stones in a
well kept ground.— E. L. and F. W. O., Sept., 1921.
In memory of Mrs.
Elizabeth, Relict of
Mr. Wm. Orvis, who
died Oct. 31, 1806
AE 84 years
Elizabeth
Wife of Waitstill Orvis, Esq.
Died Sept. 14, 1852
AE 75 years
Levi B.
son of
Josephus Orvis
died Sept. 23, 1833
AE 22
Waitstill Orvis, Esq.,
who died Oct. 11, 1825, in
the 68th year of his age
Lord, what a feeble piece
Is this our mortal frame.
Our life, how poor a trifle 'tis
That scarce deserves the name.
Annah L., dau. of
John and Ann Orvis
died Jan. 20, 1815
AE 4 m & 4 das.
to be
My time on earth was short
mber me.
God called me home reme
This is probably the daughter of John Mills and Anna Larrabee, for there was no
other John and Ann living in those parts at that time.
QUAINT OLD BIOGRAPHICAL EPITAPH
"Sixteen years I lived a maid
Two years I was a wife
Five hours I was a mother
And so I lost my life.
My babe lies by me, as you see
To show no age from death is free."
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197
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
There is a very good write-up of the Orvis Family in "Genealogical and Family
History of Vermont," by the Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1903.
Some think there is an estate in Wales awaiting us.
What David Orvis was buried at Norfolk, Conn., March, 1806?
Heads of families mentioned in the first census of the United States:
Connecticut
Zadock, Farmington
Ruben, Litchfield
Eleazer, Litchfield
David, Litchfield
Roger, Litchfield
Vermont
Oliver, Hinsdale, Vt.
Waitstill, Hinsdale, Vt.
Ambrose, Hinsdale, Vt.
Gershom, Halifax, Vt.
David, Windsor, Vt.
Roger, New Haven, Vt.
I believe that David and Roger were taken by the census man twice; once in each
state, for I do not find two Rogers nor two Davids that could have been the heads of
families, but I do know that there was much migration about that time, and the David
that was in Litchfield did marry Lydia Hawley and by her had seven children, one of
whom was Uriel Hawley Orvis. Francis Brewer Orvis says that his grandfather was
Uriel Hawley Orvis and he came from Windsor, Vt., and settled in upper New York
State.
REPRODUCTION OF AN OLD BOOK PLATE OF THE FARMINGTON. CONN., MONTHLY
LIBRARY
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198 THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
UNIDENTIFIED FINDINGS
The following list of births was copied from the records at the New York Public
Library by the writer on August 23, 1920, and he does not know where to place them.
Some of the dates are contemporaneous with some of those of the children of William,
son of Samuel (2), whose third wife was Elizabeth Severance, but neither the names
nor dates are exactly the same. No antecedents have been found for this William, if
other than the one that was thrice married, one of whose wives was Anna. It leads to
the supposition that there was another branch of the family of which the writer has
no record.
Children of William and Ann Orvis:
Mary, born November 12, 1735.
Samuel, born September 22, 1734.
Josiah, born February 26, 1736.
Hannah, born February 4, 1738.
Sampson, born December 10, 1740.
Abagail, born June 12, 1743.
Eunice, born March 19, 1745.
Solomon, born (— ?— ) 27, 1747.
Prentice, born January 27, 1750.
Jonathan, born December 27, 1751.
Hannah, born October 24, 1754.
Susannah, born June 2, 1757.
In a list of marriages is also found the following:
"Ebenezer Dickinson and Mary Orvis married June 10, 1773."
Is this the Mary spoken of in the above list? It might have been; the dates per-
mit, but we do not know.
There was a Mary who died September, 1778. Also a Susanna who died September,
1781.
A Sarah died October, 1778.
(These three according to Church Records of Norfolk, Conn.)
ORVIS AS A CHRISTIAN NAME
Robert Orvis Young, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Orvis C. Ring, Nevada.
Orvis D. Edgerton, Northfield, Vt.
C. Orvis Brown, Rochester, N. Y.
Samuel Orvis Church, Orange, N. J.
Orvis F. Jordan, Evanston, 111., says in a letter to Edwin W. Orvis, of New York:
''The story of my first name is this: My father was an enthusiastic checker player.
He often played by mail with great success. At the time I was born, 1877, a Mr.
Orvis was the champion of the United States or perhaps of the world. My father
christened me Orvis in honor of this man. The result is that I am a most indifferent
checker player."
ERRATUM
At the bottom of page 22 (Second Generation) there appears "The Children of
Martha (Orvis) and John Root (By Second Marriage)." This item is in an improper
location and should have been placed on page 24 (Third Generation), just under "The
Children of Martha (Orvis) and Nathaniel Hunn," being the second marriage of
Mariha (Orvis) (Hunn) Root.
THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
199
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
FRANCIS WAYLAND (Frontispiece)
RHAMT, DR. EOKNELLE W. .
CANE. THE CELEBRATED KING JAMES
OLD MILL AT FARMINGTON. CONN.
EDWARD EVERETT
JOHN HOLDEN
FRANKLIN HENRY
JOSEPH UPHAM
THE ALLEN FAMILY. DESCENDANTS OF ELIZA SAYRE (ORVIS)
JAMES CHRISTOPHER AND HIS DRUM
SIMEON VICTOR
DIREXY (CAMPBELL)
DURANCY REBECCAH
JOHN MILLS
ARLETTA C. (NORTHRUP)
STELLA VIOLA .
OLD BUSINESS CARD OF J. U. ORVI;
EMMA GERTRUDE (HEACOCK)
ELLIS LEWIS
EMMA GRACE (HOFFMAN)
EDWARD CHURCH .
GEORGE ALFRED
CHARLES FREDERICK
ROBERT JUDSON
ALBERT CHARLES .
ORLAND DORE .
GURNEY MAHAN
CHARLES EUSTIS
EDWIN WAITSTILL .
JOHN JAY .
MARY ALICE (RHAMY FAMILY)
ROB1NA LOUISA (PIERCE)
ALBERT HENRY
HARRY FRANKLIN .
JUSTIN K
ORA LUCILE (FULKERSIN) AND FAMILY
EUGENE LUVOIS
HAROLD HEACOCK AND LEORA (CHAPPELL)
EDWARD ERNEST .
WARNER DAYTON .
ARTHUR EMMERTON
HOMER WAITSTILL .
SCHUYLER ADAMS .
OREL DIGHTON, JR. .
ALICE EVALIN HOFFMAN
SCOTT'S MODERN CARAVAN-
LEAVING BROOKLYN AND NEW YORK
SCOTT FAMILY GROUP
CARAVANERS BUILDING HOMES CO-OPERATIVELY
IRRIGATION CANAL ON CARAVAN TRACT
.DAILY LIFE OF CARAVANERS EN ROUTE
CARAVANERS HELPING ONE ANOTHER .
COZY NOOK IN W. D. SCOTT'S LOG CABIN
ARRIVING AT BUHL, IDAHO .
W. D. SCOTT'S HOME IN THE WEST
FAC-SIMILE OF WAITSTILL ORVIS' LETTER TO HIS
SOME ORVIS SIGNATURES
ORVIS ENVELOPE CORNER CARDS
OLD BOOK PLATE OF FARMINGTON, CONN., LIBRARY
110
111
124
121
130
131
180
181
181
181
200
THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
INDEX
PERSONS
Albert, 8 46 54 72 87 88 96 98 107 108 123
'138 140 156 158 163 168 172
Alice, 70 73 80 94 113 115 118 151 163 178
Anna, 17 23 30 40 47 54 57 70 80 81 88
105 106 127 128 134 139 140 141 147 150
155 157 162 165 176 178
Annie, 72 86 88 95 106 115 120 127
Abiah. 18
Amanda, 71 119
Azubah, 22 25
Alta, 69
Ambrose, 31 33 40 41 42 63 64 112 113 •
Annette, 67 155 176
Alvah, 35 43 46 93 128 129 163 176 177
Arad, 55
Almond, 35
Abraham, 62 106 173
Almira, 36 45 65 93
Alonzo, 55
Ariel, 40
Ada, 56 110 113 177
Alton, 40 41 112 151 160
Andrew, 63 88 89 102 146
Alma, 49 109 115 147
Asenath, 42 52
Amy, 45 95 96
Arietta, 67 68 75 83
Ann, 74 122 141 158 166 170
Arthur, 92 97 108 131 137 158
Arminda, 94
Adelaide, 95 110 135
Ambrozine, 97
Austin, 102 163 172
Arvilla, 118 151
Addison, 119
Abbie, 122
Angelina, 88 136
Amber, 148
Ashlev, 149 150
Allan, 151
Adolphus, 152
Alvina, 152
Arminthia, 154
Alvin, 155 170 171
Amos. 155 169
Allison. 157
Alba, 162
Alfred, 172
Afrnes, 174
Arden. 174
Addie, 176 177
Aaron. 176
Althista, 177
II
Bethia, 18 70 76 110 112
Belinda. 27
Betsy, 41 42 47 49 51 52 65
Benjamin. 54 117
Bvron, 84 121 149
Berton, 156
Bert, 129 163
Belle, 149
Bessie. 134
Bertie, 135
Beatrice, 136 161
Bernice, 148
Berrv, 151
Bertha. 154 169
Barbara, 167
Bernard, 172
C
Charles. 21 25 26 27 29 30 41 42 54 59 67
70 72 76 84 86 87 88 90 94 95 97 100 106
110 111 116 119 122 136 140 143 144 149
153 156 157 158 163 168 178
Clarissa, 37 43 54 55 62 97 99
Chauncey, 177
Cynthia. 41 52 114
Chester, 41 42 52 107 108
Clark, 173 174
Calvin, 42 55 US
Clarence, 163 172
Clarry. 42
Catherine. 58 71 107 128
Caroline, 43 48 54 56 62 63 79 80 81 88 89
97 118 127 128 137 138 164
Carrie, 50 91 114 130 131 132 133 146
Celia, 43 56
Cornelia, 46 72 114 116 128 164
Celestia, 49
Columbus, 54 106 153
Charlotte, 55 72 122 154
Clarkson, 89 140 141 148 167
Christel, 99
Cora, 113 157
Clay, 130 167
Clara, 150
Carl, 165
Claude. 166
Clyde, 167
Clifton, 172
D
Deborah, 15 17 21 26 62 106
David. 18 22 26 28 29 32 33 42 43 70 114
123 139 173 174
Dinah, 21 56
Diantha, 37
Direxy, 37 38 50 65 66 67 68 69
Durancy, 66 82
Daniel, 46 98 123 156 158 168 173 174
Dexter. 46 128
Delia. 59 117 148
Delilah, 117
DeWitt. 134
Dordania, 173 174
Deforest, 177
E
Edward, 8 10 16 26 33 47 48 49 77 78 7'i
80 85 126
Elbert. 174
Elcy. 173
Edwin. 8 47 51 91 106 130 131 132 133 143
151
Edley, 171
Elisha, 8 49 55 119
Edna, 71 146
Emery, 162
Elizabeth. 11 13 18 24 25 29 30 31 32 33
37 38 39 49 50 61 64 69 74 75 77 91 102
103 104 122 143 146 153 155 156 169 171
177 178
Ebenezer, 15 16 18 19 24 26 45
Eustace, 143
Eleazer, 16 22 28 29 33 35 36 49 50 61 102
103 142 155 160 166 170
Eunice, 21 27 29 64 93
Evelvn, 135 157 16S 169
Elidia, 24 27
Emily, 71 96 98 142 17S
Ellinor, 29
Emma, 69 79 83 93 97 105 106 124 125 126
129 131 135 137 138 140 154 165
Eber, 35 173
Elias, 46 64 75 93
Elihu, 38 57 58
Emiline, 51 102 103 117 142 146 119
Electa, 39 53 54
Ethelyn, 175
Experience, 40
Ellis, 80 81 127
Eugene, 124 125 128 148 161 162 175
Edwin. 45 58 75 77 157
Emerancy, 66 81
Elsie, 49 105 146 149
Ella, 49 84 114 115 119 120 142 150 157 163
172
Esther, 49 52 107 108 117 119 162 175 178
Eliza, 49 56 59 70 101 112 168 172
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201
INDEX
PERSONS
Everett, 50 84 114
Eulalia. 50 114
Emii, 56 118
Elvira. 56
Eugenia, 70 115
Eva. 73 116 143 153 167
Ethel, 76 139
Elmer, S4 142 158
Elmina, 88
Eleanor. 93 128 144 161 167
Edgar, 94 147 157
Edna, 97 134 157
Edith. 115 136 147 150 161 174 175 176
El.vria. 115
Edlumlaney, 121
Etta. 122 158 168 178
Effie. 156
Ernest, 174 175
Ervy, 177
P
Francis, 4 5 7 8 10 16 38 43 56 70 71 7
96 107 108 115 118 123 124 125 126 14
150 15S 174 17S
Frank. 40 63 84 97 107 113 120 136 149 15
157 157 168
Flavel, 43
Franklin. 46 53 78 85 86 106 119 129 13
139 152
Frances. 54 93 104 117 129 143
Fred. 56 122 146 158
Fannie, 65 66 128 150 162 177
Fanny, 73 118 120 176
Frederick, S3 88 98 115 119 123- 129 15
157 163 171 174
Freddie. 108 178
Flora. 110
Florilla. 113
Florence, 118 129 136 142 163
Fletcher, 120 118
Fremont, 121
Flavilla, 122
Floyd. 148 157
G
George, 8 11 12 13 14 1G 32 49 69 77 86 9
95 97 105 108 115 117 122 128 139 142 15
156 157 162 170 178
Gurney, 8 88 141
" Goodman," 19
Gershom, 21 26 30 32 33 34 41 42 99
Gad. 32 43 70 71 123
Gulielma. 62 95 96 135 ,„, ,„
Gertrude, 69 72 118 119 134 146 154 16 4 17
Gregory,. 10 4
Georgia, 113
Gertie, 114 148
Greeley, 118
Genevieve, 122 163
Gilbert, 122
Grace. 136 137 157 160 174 175
Gladys. 141 148 167
Geneva. 144
Guv. 148
Glenn, 151
H
Harry, 8 76 106 110 135 149 153 156 15
1.17
Hamith. 11
Wa 1 1 i ij 174
Hem-' 11 42 52 59 90 95 99 114 117 12
129" 134 136 155 156 157 176 177 178
Hannah V" 26 28 29 33 37 38 41 42 J
H« 50 5l 59 103 120 153 155 171 173
H. D.. 16
Henrietta. 163 1(7
Huldah, 29 33 08 102 111
Horace, 156
Heil, 39 113
Hiram. 50 1 1 3
Horatio. 41 42 51 52
Helen, 72 76 91 99 102 105 139 142 146 150
175
Harriet, 41 52 54 56 61 93 104 105 106 108
119 122 134 137 138 140 146 153 161 167
178
Herman, 73 108
Harold, 46 125 143 168 175
Harrison, 56
Herbert, 115 119 138 153
Harry. 119 146 162
Howard, 146 165
Harvey, 156 163
Honnal. 157
Isaac, 16 62 94 95 96 103 104 154
Irene, 48 106 109 137 148 163 172 177
Ina, 94 104 132 137 157 167
Ida, 128 152 162 174 177
Ira, 152 154
Isabel. 166
Jane, 47 70 72 79 80 97 105 112 146
Joseph, 10 29 33 37 44 47 54 57 70 71 73 74
75 90 91 92 93 94 97 115 119 121 123 144
John, 8 11 37 38 48 62 67 68 70 72 74 75
76 77 78 80 81 83 95 96 97 99 106 107
108 110 116 117 122 134 135 136 139 141
143 153 156 161 165 167 172
Jesse, 29 42 47 48 49 80
James, 31 33 45 62 63 71 94 95 103 112 116
117 122 148 152 173 175
Joel, 63 98 123 158
Josephus, 37 50 51
Julia, 59 62 88 93 94 102 115 133 134 140
141 149 157 165
Jacob, 62 97
Julianna, 44
J. H., 46
Jonathan, 55
Joshua, 62 122
Jannette. 67
Josiah, 74 122
Justin. 76 77 111 136
Josephine, 80 97 114
Jennie 81 110 114 117 127 135 142 156 160
166 174 175
Jeannie, 116 143
Jessie. 126
Jav. 157
K
KVziah, 24
Kendrick, 46 93 128
Katherine, 106 157
Kate, 107 120 136
Kathryn, 134
Kenneth, 137 156
Kieth, 141
Katie, 148
Lorenzo, 16 62 73 98 122
Lillian, 112 134 160 177
Lois, 24 27 45 63 98 122 123 136 158 169
Lydia, 29 33 42 43 47 72 73 100 136 154 173
174
Levi, 32 39 50 53 54 57 75 76 77 78 105 111
Lilly. 100 102 154
Lovinia, 35
Lloyd. 95 136
Loren, 36 45 61 62 94 103 141 153
Lucia, 111
Lucy, 38 39 71 72 94 116 120 170
Lvda, 114
Lucina, 38 50 57 58
Lucinda, 117
Lurensy, 42
Luransa, 52 109
Laura. 43 54 70 73 86 88 106 120 121 150
202
THE 0 R V I S FAMILY IN AMERICA
INDEX
PERSONS
Lillis, 62 98 103 153
Louisa, 44 73
Lucretia, 44 56 117
Luanna, 45
Le
Le
stina. 65
66 67
153
Lulla
Lida, 85
Louis. 8
Lincoln, 119
Lodoisky. 122 156 157
Lavinia, 123
Leora, 125
Lulu. 149
Lucile. 135 169
Leslie. 141 169
Linda. 137
Lora. 141
Linnie. 138
Lvman, 149
Lillie, 152 157
Lulia, 157
Levinia, 158
Leo, 163
Loretta. 158 168
Lelah. 168
Lonella. 171
Leonard, 172
Letti, 177
M
154 155
Mvra, 113
Matilda. 90
May, 85 134 15:
Mason. 105
Miriam. 15 16 102 144
Marinda, 50
Minnie, 113 129 164 171
Margaret, 15 17 19 23 29 49 104 106
116 139 143 146 153 154 155 160 166
Mavme. 115 14 4
Mary, 8 15 18 19 40 45 51 56 57 59 61
64 70 71 74 79 ?0 84 88 89 90 92 9;
98 99 103 104 112 113 114 116 119
127 129 135 136 140 141 147 148 149
153 154 155 156 157 161 162 163 165
169 170 173 174
Martha. 17 22 24 41 45 51 56 59 103
153 155 161 171 173 174
Mortimer, 114
Mercv, 21 29 30 65
Myron. 65! 102 144 148 152
Manna, 27
Melvin, 69
Marianne, 37 61
Marianna. 62 99 165
Malachi. 37 54 55
Marianda. 64
Mindwell. 4(1
Marian. 71 102 104
Merc;
Mi
98
M , ■ I i
Mabel, 41 73 84 131 151 161 172 171
Mvrtle, 111 136 148
Millieent, 115 147
Minnie. 118 143 144 148 178
Minnesota. 122
Marie. 58 125
Maude. 138 177
Mabelle, 144
Marion, 144 167 175
Myrtie, 153
Mariah, 153
Marguerite, 156
Maggie, 156
Marveille, 160
Marjorie, 165
Mattie. 129 166
Milton, 168
Mildred, 178
sr
Nancy, 27 14 49 70 117
Nathaniel, 49 152
Naomi, 56
Nelson. 56
Nina. 73
Nellie. 73 108 128 158 162 178
Nora. 148 158 168
Nettie, 156 157
North. 173
o
Oliver, 22 25 27 30 39 88
Orson, 49 73 100
Ozias, 56
Orrin. 56
Orland. 88 89 136
Orel, 88 137
Ophelia, 89
Orissa. 119
Otto, 121
Ora. 124 161
Orlence, 136 161
Prudence, 11 36 52 114
Phebe, 28 35 43 61 62 63 96 98 102 104 135
Philander. 36 58 62 63 122 123
Paul. 78 85 153
Patty. 39
Polly, 39 74
Pi iscilla, 41 63 113
Patience-Susanna, 44
Pearl, 121 136
Purdy, 153 167
Pauline, 174
Ralph, 96 135 168 178
Robert, 10 54 87 88 140 144 154 157
Richard. 97 147
Roger, 14 15 16 18 26 28 29 33 34
75 94 162
Rachel, 25 30 36 44 T
Reuben, 28 43 73 121
72 104 15
Reba.
Ruth, 29 36 37 62
Raymond. 172
Rebeccah, 35
Ray, 150 171
Rufus. 39
Rosetta, 169 172
Rhoda, 39 56 140
Robina, 59 99 100
Rebecca, 40 41 42
Rubie. 151
Redell, 150
90
134 162 175
Rr
43
Roxanna, 44
Rose. 84 152
Ridell, 120
Reeellus, 121
Stella. 8 69 84 85
S. A1..UZO, 73 120
Samuel. 11 14 15 16 17 19 21 '22
29 30 32 33 36 39 43 46 49 64
71 73 74 75 84 93 120 122 128 15
Silas. 16 61 103 104 152 154
Sarah, 17 43 45 53 59 62 70 71 85 S
104 119 123 128 133 134 148 152
155 158 162 168 170 176 177 17S
Siiiome (Silence), 22
Spencer, 154
Sally, 27 39 40 42 45 46 61 63 64
Schuyler, 132 167
Simeon, 32 47 38 39 50 65 66 67 68
Sara, 73 98 121
THE OR VIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
203
INDEX
PERSONS
Susannah, 35 37
Susanna. 44 47
Salome. 37
Svlinda. 50
Susan. 38 51 63 83
140 141 158 166
Sereno. 72 115
Sophia. 43
Selah. 103 155
Stanley, 105 147
Sevilla. 113
Samantha. 120
Sadie. 122
Thomas, 10 105 107 14
Thomazin. 11
Tamar. 27
Timothy, 33 44 71 72
Theodore. 118 149
Twilla. 168
00 97 102 106 10
I
Uriel,
28 43 70
115
Urania
. 37 40 63
Victor,
56 117
Virgin
ia, 80
Vaugh
an, 114
Verna,
135
Viola,
151
Vivian
157 162
w
William, Mrs., 8
William, 11 19 21 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 38
40 41 44 45 50 63 70 72 73 81 86 94 97
102 103 104 113 114 116 118 119 120 121
122 128.136 137 146 148 150 151 154 157
158 160 161 162 166 168 171 172 173 174
176 178
Waitstill. 31 32 33 34 37 38 41 51 55 56 75
77 78 89 90 119
Wilbur. 46 128
Wealthy, 52 90
Willard, 74 84 108 122 155
Walter. 83
Warner. 92 130 167
Winfield, 129 166
Wilford, 136
Winthrop, 144 162
Will, 149
Wvman, 154
Willie, 157
Ward, 174
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MISCELLANEOUS
Scott's Modern Caravan. 179 180 181 182
183
Ambrose Orvis' Letter to Josephus.185 186
R. S. Orvis' Letter to Jesse and Lydia,
190 191
John Mills Orvis' Letters, 191
James Christopher Orvis' Letter, 192 193
Hawlev Orvis Affiliations. 193
A Few Orvis Epitaphs. 196
Miscellaneous Names, Dates anc
194 195
Heads of Orvis Families in Fir:
of United States, 197
Unidentified Findings — Children
iam and Ann Orvis, 198
Orvis as a Christian Name, 199
Erratum. 198
Queries,
t Census
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMEPJCA
SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF THE ORVIS FAMILY IN
AMERICA
In the following supplementary pages will be found corrections of the
more obvious errors discovered after issuance in its completed form of
the History of the Orvis Family in America, together with certain addi-
tional facts gleaned from data contributed too late for inclusion in the main
volume. Probably the most important reason for issuing a supplement,
however, was to provide, as nearly integrally with the "History" as pos-
sible, a roster or list of the names of persons other than Orvises who had
united with the family by marriage, or who for any other reason had been
mentioned in the course of the "History." Many such had experienced
difficulty in finding their names readily in the book. Their desire and mine
for a readier reference list have led to my going carefully through the
volume and setting down every surname other than Orvis, in alphabetical
order, with the pages where such names appear. The names occurring in
the new reading matter included in this supplement are shown in a sepa-
rate list, following the main index, and Roman numerals corresponding
with the respective pages in the supplement are shown after these names.
As for errata, aside from mistakes of typography, it should be under-
stood that not a few of these developed through no conscious fault of the
author, who essayed, for the most part, only to tell the story as it was told
to him. Notwithstanding this, it is a pleasure, while rectifying the mis-
takes of my own commission, to include the newly-supplied material lacking
from previously-submitted data.
The preparation of the pages that follow completed, I lay down a worn
and flagging pen with confessed relief. At no stage can such a chronicle
be called finished. Although the separate families of Orvis lineage in
the present generation are, it must be admitted, smaller in number than
were those of their progenitors a century ago, children of Orvis blood are
being born steadily, and it were a hopeless task to essay to keep abreast
of all such additions to the family record.
The volume to which I now write "Finis" will, for a time at least, en-
able these newcomers to orient themselves on the family map. Who knows
but that, after sufficient time has elapsed to make the present volume
inadequate for such purposes, an improved work will be evolved, carrying
the annals far beyond the scope of this History? It is pleasant to desist
from my present efforts contemplating hopefully the aid they may Le to
such a future recorder.
FRANCIS W. ORVIS.
Hackensack, N. J., May, 1924.
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Counting every printed line from the top:
Page 15, Line 30 should read: "He was presented with a cane in 1676 by direction
of King James II."
Page 16, next to last line, read "cane" for "came."
Page 19, after Line 26 add this paragraph:
"Stornmonth says: 'Goodman' or 'Goodwife' applied to the Master or Mistress of
the home implies some degree of respect. See, also, Matt. XXIV :43."
Page 31, in Line 14 read "Wixom," for "Wixam."
Following the latter note on same page add this paragraph:
"Ambrose lived in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N. Y., from about 1779 to 1813,
according to deeds now in possession of Allan C. Orvis, Milford, Mich. He must have
removed to his later home at China, N. Y., after 1813, for we find him there in 1839.
See his letter on page 185."
Page 34: The following joint receipt of the sons of William in relation to Will-
iam's will would have been placed at the bottom of that page if it had been in the au-
thor's possession at the time the "History" was published. It was sent in afterward
by Allan C. Orvis, of Milford, Mich.:
We, the Subscribers, Do hereby Acknowledge That we have Severally Received of
our Brothers Oliver Orvis and Ambrose Orvis in full to our Contents and Satisfaction
for and every part of our proportion to the Estate both Real & Personall of our Hon'rd
Father William Orvis, late of Hinsdale Deed, and We Do hereby for our Selves our
heirs Executor and Administrators Remise Release and for ever Quit Claim to them
the said Oliver and Ambrose Orvis all our Right Title Interest Challenge and Demand
in and to all and every part and Parcels of said Estate both Real and personal which
now or ever did or might heretofore Justly belong to us or Either of us by virtue of
our being the Natural heirs and lawfull Decendants of our said Father William Orvis
Deed or by and Otherways whatsoever, in Witness whereof We have hereunto Set our
hands and Seals this Thirteenth Day of July in the Fourteenth Year of his Majesty's
Reign Anno Domini 1774.
(Signed) SAMUEL ORVIS (Seal)
WILLIAM ORVIS (Seal)
CHARLES ORVIS (Seal)
GERSHOM ORVIS (Seal)
WAITSTILL ORVIS (Seal)
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
in presence of
SETH FIELDS
A. HOTTON
Page 37, after Line 23 the following paragraph should be inserted, as the author
has learned that Marianne Roxanna (Seward) and Roger Orvis had two children —
Marianne Roxanna and Algatha.
"ALGATHA— Born 1791. Died 1860. Married the Rev. Charles Miller.
Had a son, William, who was also a minister, having been graduated from Madison
Theological University. He was also the author of a grammar."
Page 37, Line 34 should read: "Richard and Hannah (Holt) Whitney, of Brook-
line, Vt."
Page 38, Line 32: The middle name of Francis Orvis was Marion, according to
information received since publication.
Page 39, after Line 39 add:
WILLIAM ANDREW BACON'— Born July 21, 1809.
For Line 40 read:
JULIA ANNA BACON5— Born October 17, 1811.
Lines 20 and 21 indicate that the Equinox House passed out of Orvis con-
trol in 1921. This was correct, at the time it was written, but the property re-
verted and Mrs. George A. Orvis is still the principal owner and in full control.
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Page 41, immediately following Line 35, insert a family heading reading:
Children of Gershom Orvis and Asenath (Parmenter)
Male Line : George" — Samuel1 — Samuel" — William3 — Gershom1
Martha and all the children following in that section were the children of Gershom
and Asenath, and not the children of Ambrose and Rebecca.
For the same reason the same family heading should be placed at the top of page
42 instead of the one now there.
Page 49, in Line 5, read "showed" for "shown." In Line 11, add after Nathan
C. McCloskey, "born January 20, 1835."
Page 54, Line 27, see correction of Lines 20 and 21 on page 39.
Page 56, in Line 3 read: "Francis Marion Orvis" for "Francis Orvis." Line 17:
Rhoda was born in Andrew County, Mo. Line 18: After Jonathan Joslyn, add "Had
a daughter, Mary E., who married ( ? ) Schooley." Line 23: Final sentence
should read — "Married (1) Amos Galvin and (2) ( ? ) Phelps."
Page 62, in Line 6, read "Peru" for "Peree."
Page 63, in Line 26, read "Priscilla R. (Caruthers)" instead of Priscilla (Carothers).
Line 27, after June 17, 1829, read: "Died January 9, 1918, at Milford, Mich.," in place
of what now appears.
Page 65, Lines 15 and 16: Stella Viola (Orvis) Davis, of Des Moines, Iowa, has
always contended that "Direxy" should be spelled "Derexcy" and says that is the way
it is in the family record.
Page 66, Line 10 states that Fannie Elizabeth died on January 11. January 9
is the correct date. Probably January 11 was the date of the funeral.
Page 67, Line 21 should read: "February 14, 1906, at Chanute, Kansas. Married
at Sycamore, 111. Following Line 22 this note may be added: "Both are buried at
Chanute, Kansas." Line 39 states that Samuel Levi died on the 31st of February.
This is manifestly a typographical error, for even an Orvis cannot do the impossible.
The correct date is February 21.
Page 69, Line 3: Melvin's middle name was Merton. Line 14: George's middle
name was Quincy. Line 25 should read: "Des Moines, Iowa, and is a member of Abagail
Adams Chapter D. A. R. of that city."
Page 70, Line 17 should read: Children — Mary, married Emory Clifford; Anna,
married Charles Roberts. Line 18: "Eliza, married Henry Covell, and they lived in
Chelsea, Iowa. He died October 29, 1906. Buried in Chelsea Cemetery.
Page 79: After Line 11 a note might have stated that Emma Gertrude (Heacock)
was a birthright member of the Religious Society of Friends. She is a member of the
New York Yearly Meeting of Friends.
Page 83, Line 3: Lois A. (Worden) Church died October 14, 1922, and was buried
in Kennewick, Wash. (This was after the "History" was published). Line 22 should
read: Lived at Des Moines, Iowa, and is a member of Beacon Hill Chapter, D. A. R.
of that city.
Page 84, Line 11: Rose Levina Orvis died December 17, 1922. Buried in Eng'lish
Prairie (111.) Cemetery. This was since the "History" was published. Line 39 should
read: "and Hettie (Cowles) Harrison." Line 40 should read: "They live at Alamosa,
Colo. He is a dentist and a member of S. A. R. in Denver.
Page 85, Line 5, should have stated that Franklin Berchard Davis is a member of
S. A. R. in Des Moines, Iowa. Following Line 8 it should have been stated that Her-
bert Homer Davis is a member of S. A. R. in Seattle, Wash. Line 26, last word, read
"Mary" for "May."
Page 94, after Line 5 (See Page 6 of Supplement).
Page 102, Line 32: Word has been sent in by a member of the family that there
was no child by the name of "Lillis" in the family, and that there were only four
daughters.
Page 106. Line 7: It is assumed that Franklin Keese Orvis was the proprietor of
the Nachasa House in Dixon. 111., in 1891. His widow, Susan Appleton (Swift), was
living in February, 1923, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Page 107, Line 6 should end with: "Kate (Williams)," not "(William)." Lines 10
and 11 should read: "(Hall), who was born August 26, 1862. at Shell Rock, Iowa, daugh-
ter of Hiram and Catherine (Groff) Hall."
Page 108, Line 29 gives Mrs. Arthur W. Orvis's father's name as David when it
should be Daniel as in the record proper, just above.
Page 109, Line 9 might have shown the present address of Katherine La Rine Mc-
Closkey, which is Fordham Hospital, 183rd Street and Third Avenue, New York City,
where she is employed.
Page 111, Line 2, should have been: "Children of Charles Waitstill Orvis and Bethia
(Selleck) continued," the same as appears on pages 110 and 112.
Page 112, Lines 30, 31 and 32 should read:
MARY OSGOOD— Married Emory Clifford.
ANNA OSGOOD— Married Charles Roberts.
ELIZA OSGOOD— Married Henry Covell. Lived at Chelsea, Iowa. He died October
29, 1906. Buried in Chelsea Cemetery.
Page 113, Line 8 should end with this statement: "Died September 23, 1911."
Page 115, Lines 8 and 9 should read as follows:
EDITH7— Born December 17, 1871. Married (1) Edwin Winn, September 1, 1890;
he died January, 1908. She married (2) Hugh McCartney in 1920. They live at Water-
loo, Iowa.
Line 14: Alma Esther married Roy Pease — not Ray Pease.
Page 120, beginning with Line 27 substitute following for paragraph now appear-
ing:
ANN ROSETTE ADAMS— Bom October 6, 1848, at South Newfane, Vt. Married
July 6, 1872, Marvin Selwyn Chase at Chicago, 111., who was born February 4, 1844,
at Cayuta, Chemung (now Schuyler) County, N. Y, son of Dr. Zalmon Fowler and
Hannah (White) Chase.
Page 125, Line 5: Change date to February 12, 1891. Line 10: Change date to April
1, 1918. Line 12: Change date to April 1, 1918. Line 13: Change date to May 1, 1918.
Line 15: Change date to September-October, 1918.
Page 127, continuing Line 27 it should be added that John Orvis Keller and Mary
Lyons (Gans) Keller have another son, Henry Keller, born October 5, 1922, at Belle-
fonte, Pa. It may also be added that J. O. Keller served in the World War as Second
Lieutenant of Ordnance, being located most of the war period at Camp Hancock, Ga.
Following Line 33 add: "Was First Lieutenant of Company 'D', 111th Infantry,
28th Division, and was severely wounded in the Chateau-Thierry Drive near Fimette.
He is at present head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Rutgers College,
New Jersey."
After Line 35 add: "Served in the Cavalry of the 28th Division at Camp Hancock,
Ga., but was later transferred to the Ordnance Department at Camp Wadsworth, South
Carolina. At present is teaching in the High School at Bellefonte, Pa.
Pages 130, 131, 132 and 133: In the family heading at top of each page the name
"Emerton" is spelled with two "m's." There should be only one "m." It is regretted
that the same error occurs in the title and Male Line under portrait of Arthur Emer-
ton Orvis on page 131.
Page 134, Line 19 should read:
Children of Edward Church Orvis and Mary (Woods)
Line 23, add: Edna May obtained her degree of B.A. at Wellesley in 1905 and M.A.
at Columbia in 1908. Line 24, add: Attended Simmons in 1905 and University of Ver-
mont in 1912.
Page 135, Line 37, giving the record of Minnie A. Grimes, should be as follows:
MINNIE ABBIE GRIMES— Born March 19, 1890. Married July 8, 1913, George
John Zimmer, who was born December 30, 1885, at Hanover, Germany.
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Their children were: A son, born February 15, 1915. Died at birth. Alice Lenore,
born January 21, 1917, and Miriam Aileen, born February 9, 1921. All live at Rapid
City, S. D., which is also the address of Mrs. Adam Grimes.
Page 139, in Line 10 the name should be Walter Clarence Davis — not David. In
Line 15 the name should be: Franklin Berchard Davis — not Birchard.
Page 140, Line 14: In the record of Mary Ellen it states that she died May 31,
1915, at Dubuque, Iowa, and in the note just below it is stated that she was buried
at Juniata, Nebraska. This is an error. It was her mother who died on that date, see
page S9, Line 20. Mary Ellen Haines was living at 1102 Huff Street, Lincoln, Neb.,
as late as January 24, 1923.
Page 145, Line 26 should read: "Alznia Brown married Edgar M. Javitz, of Cold-
stream, Ontario. Three children: Mary Camilla, Flora Lorena and Charles Harold.
Page 146, Line 8: "Bluefield" should be "Blissfield." Line 9, read: "Chantler" for
"Chautler." In Lines 10 and 12 read: "Spalding" for "Spaulding." Line 14: Harry C.
Orvis is a doctor of dental surgery — not a physician.
Page 150, Line 3 should read:
Children of Francis Brewer Orvis and Ella Louise (Renton)
Line 15: For "1885" read "1895."
Page 151, before Line 27 there should have appeared:
CHARLES AMBROSE5— Born March 3, 1889. Died March 7, 1890.
Line 30: For "Berry" read "Perry."
Page 159, Line 28: For "Selwin," read "Selwyn."
Page 161, Line 27, should read:
ELENOR H.9— Born April 3, 1878, at Freeport, 111. Married 1898 in New York
City, Fred Gadsden. Two children — Hazel and Fred, Jr.
Page 162, Lines 31 and 32: The years should be 1902 and 1906 respectively.
Page 165, Line 6: Mary Ellen Haines was buried at Lincoln, Nebraska. Line 31:
Carl Watters Orvis, born January 13, 1914, not January 15. Line 32: Marjorie Lor-
raine Orvis, born November 23, 1916, not November 25. Line 34: Add Roger Clarkson
—Born Dec amber 25, 1922.
Page 166, after Line 10, there should have appeared all of the children of Eleazer
H. Orvis, whereas the book shows only one son, William Eleazer. The additional record
should be:
Page 167, Line 20: Add Lois Ellen — Born April 9. 1923, at Brookings, S. D. C. F.
and Ella now live at Excelsior, Minn.
EDGAR9— Born and died April 10, 1876.
EDITH EMELINE9— Born March 8, 1877.
ERNEST BRISTOL9— Born March 5, 1879.
GRACE ABBIE9— Born Oct. 10, 1882.
KATIE ETHELYN9— Born Dec. 16, 1884.
FRANK9— Born and died Jan. 27, 1887.
GULIELMA9— Born July 28, 1889.
MURIEL FAITH9— Born and died May 10, 1899.
ROGER KIETH0— Born Nov. 5, 1902.
Page 195, Line 15 should end with "Dixon, Illinois," not "Ohio." F. K. Orvis was
the proprietor and the name of the hotel was Nachasa House.
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
The data as to the Roger Orvis line, appearing on pages 37, 61, 94, 135 and 171
was so meager when the History was published last year and so much as been received
since that it is thought wise to print a continuous line in the supplement, and the
same follows:
Page 37, Line 15, et seq.:
FIFTH GENERATION
Children of Roger Orvis and Marianne Roxanna (Seward) (Second Marriage)
Male Line : George" — Roger' — David' — Eleazer3 — Roger4
MARIANNE ROXANNA5— Born February, 1789. Died October 9, 1877. Married
Levi Lewis, May 6, 1808.
ALGATHA5— Born 1791. Died 1860. Married the Rev. Charles Miller.
Page 61, Line 7, et seq.:
SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Levi Lewis and Marianne Roxanna (Orvis)
ALMEDA LEWIS6— Married Wm. Miller.
ARMINDA LEWIS6— Married Thomas Chandler.
ROGER ORVIS LEWIS6— Bom February 26, 1814. Died January 16, 1899. Mar-
ried in 1839 Lucy Ann Tripp, who was born in Susquehanna County, Pa., in 1823 and
died in April, 1909, at Thompson, Pa.
EZRA SHALER LEWIS6— Born 1816. Married Louise Nicholson.
ABNER LEWIS6— Born 1818. Married Sarah ( ? ).
LEVI NORMAN LEWIS6— Married Harley ( ? ).
CHARLES LYMAN LEWIS6— Married Abigail Bingham. Died in 1892 at Lebanon,
Kans. No children were born to them.
MARY LEWIS6— Married Ira Clinton.
ELVIRA LEWIS6— Never married.
Page 94, beginning top of page:
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Almeda (Lewis) and William Miller
Male Line — George" — Roger1 — David- — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna'
Almeda Lewis Miller6
REDMON MILLER7
MARY MILLER7
SAMUEL MILLER7
AMANDA MILLER7
CHARLES MILLER7
Children of Arminda (Lewis) and Thomas Chandler
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David3 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna5
Arminda Lewis Chandler"
FLORINDA CHANDLER7
WILLIAM CHANDLER7
MARY CHANDLER7
FRANCES CHANDLER7
VIOLA CHANDLER7
CHARLES CHANDLER7
SON — Died in infancy.
Children of Roger Orvis Lewis and Lucy Ann (Tripp)
(Supplements matter under this heading, page 94)
ORISSA LEWIS7 |D q . , 10 .„.„
„„„„„„ . T„ „, Born September 12, 1840.
THERESA LEWIS' )
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Orissa Lewis married John Wesley Bennett, September, 1860. Died January, 1909.
Theresa Lewis died in August, 1850.
LEVI SYDNEY LEWIS7— Born May 10, 1842; served from 1861 to 1865 in New
York Infantry; was wounded in action and died from the effects of this in 1872.
JULIA MARIE LEWIS7— Bom August 29, 1844. Died at Thompson, Pa., October,
1915. Married Charles Commodore Perry.
GEORGE GARDNER LEWIS'— Born November 20, 1846. Died May, 1915. Mar-
ried Josephine ( ? ).
ARMINDA LYDIA LEWIS7— Born February 13, 1849. Married (1) Albert Arm-
strong, March, 1868; married (2) at Springfield, S. D., August 20, 1885, Adam Grimes,
who was born July 8, 1849, in Indiana.
ANNIE LEWIS7— Born May 13, 1853. Died 1855.
SEWARD SUMNER LEWIS7— Born June 22, 1856. Married Mary Phillips, who
died July, 1910.
ANNIE LEWIS7— Born February 6, 1860. Died 1890 (?). Married George Bach-
mann. Three children: Hazel, Emma and Charles.
NORA MABEL LEWIS7— Born February 28, 1868, at Thompson, Pa. Married
February, 1887, at Binghamton, N. Y., Rev. Harry Lathan Maltman, who was born at
Marshall, Mich., November 29, 1865, son of Stephen and Mary A. (Garlick) Maltman.
They live in Minier, 111., where he is pastor of the Christian Church.
Children of Ezra Shaler Lewis and Louise Nicholson
Male Line : George" — Roger' — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna5
Ezra Shaler Lewis'
ALFRED LEWIS7
JULIA LEWIS7
WILLIAM LEWIS7
BENJAMIN LEWIS7
MARY LEWIS'
CHARLES LEWIS7
Children of Abner Lewis and Sarah ( ? )
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Marianne Roxanna5
Abner Lewis"
FRANCES MARION LEWIS7
ELVIRA LEWIS7
ADELIA LEWIS7
ERNEST LEWIS7
HARLEY ANN LEWIS7
GERTRUDE LEWIS7
Children of Levi Norman Lewis and Harley ( ? )
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer2 — Roger' — Marianne Roxanna5
Levi Norman Lewis'
ELLA LEWIS7
FRANK LEWIS7
ANNA LEWIS7
HATTIE LEWIS
URA LEWIS7
Children of Mary Lewis and Ira Clinton
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger' — Marianne Roxanna5
Mary Lewis'
EMMA LEWIS7
SON7 — Died in infancy.
SON7
8 SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
EIGHTH GENERATION
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Children of Orissa (Lewis) and John Wesley Bennett
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna5
Roger Orvis Lewis6 — Orissa Lewis Bennett'
FARRIS ELBERT BENNETT5— Born April, 1863.
EVELYN THERESA BENNETT5— Born 1865.
BERTHA BENNETT5
MABEL BENNETT5— Born April 5, 1879.
Child of Julia M. (Lewis) and Charles Commodore Perry
Male Line : George0 — Roger1 — David"' — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna5
Roger Orvis Lewis6 — Julia Lewis Perry7
EDITH KATRINA PERRY5— Born December 26, 1874. Married Allen C. Whitn:y,
September, 1898. They live at Thompson, Pa.
Children of George Gardner Lewis and Josephine ( ? )
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna3
Roger Orvis Lewis" — George Gardner Lewis1
ETHEL LEWIS8
CLAYTON LEWIS5
OLIVE LEWIS5
Children of Arminda Lydia (Lewis) and Albert Armstrong
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David= — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna3
Roger Orvis Lewis0 — Arminda Lewis Armstrong7
SON5 — Died in infancy.
SON" — Died in infancy.
GEORGE ORVIS LEWIS ARMSTRONG5— Born May 5, 1879. Married August,
1907, in Manila, P. I., Josephine Haye, who was born in Maryland January 31, 1880.
He was in the Wisconsin Infantry in the Spanish-American War and during the
fighting in the Philippines, being sent with the troops to the Islands in 1899. He re-
mained there after his discharge, occupying various government positions until his re-
turn to the States in the fall of 1914. He entered the military service in the World
War, in June, 1917, and received his commission as Captain at Ft. Sheridan, 111., Novem-
ber, 1917; was sent from there to Camp Funston where he was assigned to 354th In-
fantry, 89th Division. He sailed for Europe June 4, 1918, and was in the Champagne,
Vesle, St. Mihiel and Argonne fighting. Was wounded at Meuse River, November 9,
1918. He received five citations and at St. Mihiel the Croix de Guerre from the French
government. He was discharged at Camp Dix in November, 1919.
JO. AUSTIN ARMSTRONG5— Born April 5, 1879. Married August 29, 1911, Cor-
nelia A. Pollock, who was born November 5, 1872.
He served with the Wisconsin Infantry in the Spanish-American War and in the
Philippines. Entered the second officers' training camp at Ft. Sheridan, 111., in Septem-
ber, 1917, and received his commission as First Lieutenant in November, 1917, and was
assigned to Camp Taylor, later to Camp Custer and afterward to Camp Gordon, At-
lanta, Ga. His permanent address is 628 Harrison Avenue, Beloit, Wis.
Children of Arminda (Lewis) (Armstrong) and Adam Grimes (By Second Marriage)
RUBY MABEL GRIMES5— Born April 27, 1888.
MINNIE ABBIE GRIMES5— Born March 19, 1890. Married George J. Zimmer,
July 8, 1913.
LUCY ADELLA GRIMES5— Born July 20, 1893.
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Child of Seward Sumner Lewis and Mary (Phillips)
Male Line : George0 — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna"
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Seward Sumner Lewis7
LUCY MADALINE LEWIS5— Married Earl Donovan Fay, November 14, 1907.
They live at North Troy, N. Y.
Children of Annie (Lewis) and George Bachmann
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger4 — Marianne Roxanna"
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Annie Lewis Bachmann7
HAZEL"
EMMAS
CHARLES'
Children of Nora M. (Lewis) and Harry L. .Mailman
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna"
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Nora Lewis Maltman7
ARTHUR LEWIS MALTMAN8— Born March 30, 1888. Married, 1915, at Barry,
111., Emma (Smith). Is serving in the U. S. Navy. Was in the Infantry and saw
service in France.
HARRY ORVIS MALTMAN5— Born February 2, 1890, at Fairbanks, Iowa.
NINTH GENERATION
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Children of Edith Katrina (Perry) and Allen C. Whitney
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David" — Eleazer" — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna"
Roger Orvis Lewis6 — Julia Lewis Perry7 — Edith Perry Whitney8
HELEN MAE WHITNEY"— Born September, 1899. Married Royal D. Rice, Sep-
tember 1, 1921.
PERRY LEWIS WHITNEY9— Born May, 1906.
Children of George O. L. Armstrong and Josephine (Hoye)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna'
Roger Orvis Lewis' — Arminda Lewis Armstrong7 — George O. L. Armstrong5
WILLIAM HOYE ARMSTRONG"— Born August, 1908, Manila, P. I.
ALBERT EARL ARMSTRONG8— Born December 5, 1909.
HELEN ARMSTRONG"— Born May, 1911. Died 1912.
ROBERT LEWIS ARMSTRONG9— Born May 16, 1914.
Children of Jo. A. Armstrong and Cornelia A. (Pollock)
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna5
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Arminda Lewis Armstrong7— Jo. A. Armstrong5
PERRY LEWIS ARMSTRONG"— Born June 24, 1912.
HELEN POLLOCK ARMSTRONG9— Born January 30, 1915.
Children of Arthur L. Maltman and Emma (Smith)
Male Line : George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna'
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Nora Lewis Maltman7 — Arthur Lewis Maltman5
VIRGINIA ARLENE MALTMAN9— Born January 21, 1917.
KATHERINE JUNE MALTMAN9— Born February 4, 1919.
Children of Minnie A. (Grimes) and George J. Zimmer
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer3 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna'
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Arminda Lewis Grimes7 — Minnie Grimes Zimmer"
SON9— Born February 24, 1915. Died at birth.
ALICE LENORE9— Born January 21, 1917.
MIRIAM AILEEN3— Born February 9, 1921.
TENTH GENERATION
Children of Helen Mae (Whitney) and Royal D. Rice
Male Line: George" — Roger1 — David2 — Eleazer5 — Roger* — Marianne Roxanna"
Roger Orvis Lewis" — Julia Lewis Perry7 — Edith Perry Whitney5- — Helen Whitney Rice"
LEONA MARGUERITE RICE10— Born October, 1922.
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SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
INDEX OK PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
KING CHARLES I. — 13
KING JAMBS II.— 15
KING PHILIP— 19 32 78
BLACK PRINCE, THE— 16
ADAMS — Edward, 50 51 120 195
Hannah Mari, 50 51
David, 50
Susie, 50
Elijah, 56
John Quincy, 76
La Grange, 100
Hiram Wallace, 120
Anna Rosette (Anna Rosetta), 120 159
Lilla Jeannette (Lilla Jeannetta), 120
Dorothea Fredericka, 120
Jesse J., 126
Helen, 126
Frances Lee, 126
Virginia Catherine, 126
Lucinda, 117
AHORT— Barbara, 84
John, 84
Ella V., 84 142
ALLEN — Capt. Benjamin, 25
Ethan, 31 192
Lydia Thurston, 44
Ambrose D., 116
Jeannie Luthera, 116
Furman, 60
Grace Tielander, 60
Kathleen, 60 101
Dorothy, 60 159
Clara Furman, 60
Beatrice Donais, 60 101 159
Beatrice Louise, 60 159
Barbara, 60 101
Timothy Rush, 59 60 101
Silas Mash, 59 60 101 159
Phoebe Louise, 59 60 101
Charles Orvis, 60 101 159
David King, 60 101 159
Henry Orvis, 60 101
Eliza Sayre, 60 101
Isabelle Strong, 60
Sara Julia Orvis, 101
Frances Isabella, 101 159
Marion, 101 159
Beatrice, 101
Grace Fay, 101
Clara Sarah, 101
Furman, 101
Marjorie Strong, 159
Elizabeth Orvis, 159
Ruth, 159
ALVORD — Thomas Gould, 24
Uriah, 194
Clarissa, 194
ALKER — Mabel Willets, 131
Alphonse N., 131
Florence, 131
ALEXANDER— Justin. 30
AMELUXEN — Louise Ratcliffe, 147
Evelyn Putnam, 147
ANDERSON — Dr. Edward Thomas, 140 165
Julia Edith, 140 165
Charles Arnold, 165
Aletia May, 165
John Wilson, 82
Elsie Marie, 82
Eunice, 64 93
ANDREWS— John, 16 18
Benjamin, 18
Mary, 18
Joanna, 23
AN DRUS— Rachel, 17 21 22
Abraham, 17
Rebecca, 17
ANGELL — Harriet C, 146
ANTHONY— Isaiah, 42 61
Sally, 61
Charles, 61
Chester, 61
ARNOLD — Clarence Lamont, 127
Anne Valentine Lyon, 127
ASHLEY — Ethan, 35
AT WATER — Amy, 193
Ichabod, 193
Abigail, 193
Nancy, 44 73
ATWOOP— Jane Eliza, 47 79 80
Orig-en, 47 48
Jane 47 48
Caroline Elizabeth, 48 80 81
AUSTIN — Nicholas, 61 105
Harriet, 61 105
Hiram, 105
William, 105
Nathaniel, 105
Alfred, 105
Sylvanus, 105
George, 105
Elizabeth, 61 102 103 105
Elsie Elmira, 35 49
BABCOCK — Martha A., 173 174
BACON — Abijah, 27 39
George Orvis, 39
Julia Ann, 39
Arclimena, 39
Sallv Minerva, 39
Sally, 27
BAILEY — Anna Eliza, 47 80
Mary A., 89
BAKER — W., 51
Georgia, 51
Alice C, 94
Helen P., 102 146
BALCOM — Melissa, 41 52
15AMBER — Warren W., 113
Fred, 113
Bruce, 113
Dore, 113
Cora, 113
Florence, 113
Ada D., 113
BANKER — Harriet, 56 119
l'.ANDOW— Grace, 157
Gotfried, 157
Louise, 157
BARBER— Eliza, 76
Albert. 76
Susan Ann, 97 158
Allan, 97
BARNARD — Selah, 19
BARNES— Marv, 14
Thomas, 14 17
Ebenezer, 17 20
Jonathan, 21
Jacob, 21
Grace, 21
BARNEY — Rebecca. 37 50
BARR — Allan E., 118
Alice Elizabeth, 118
Jay Cook, IIS
BARTHOLOMEW— Charles, 27
Abraham. 27 29
Eunice, 27
Hannah, 29
BARNUM — Levi, 42 52
Charles, 52
Henry, 52
George, 52
William, 52
Horatio, 52
James, 52
Thomas, 52
Luranza, 42 52
Martha, 52
Asenith, 42
BASSETT— Harriet Ambler, 41 52
BEALL — Louis. 81
Atta Angelina, 81
Stanley H„ 81
Ruth E., 81
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
11
INDEX OP PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
BEAUBIEN— Alexander, 112
BEAVER — Gen. James A., 48
BEEBE — Wallace Calom, 146 164
Gertrude, 146 164
Alanson E., 146
Ann Eliza, 146
Raymond Orvis, 164
BELL — William, 152
Alvina, 152
Clara, 152
Susan, 152
Loren, 152
Archie, 152
Alice, 152
Myron, 152
Alexander, 133
Marjorie Park, 133
BELCHER — Governeor, 17
BELUING— Stephen, 19
BENNETT — Alice. 113 151
BENGE — Margaret Ann, 116 143
BENEDICT— Capt. Elisha, 32
Allanson, 76
Eliza, 76
BENT— Eva. 73
Nina, 73
BENTON — Sarah. 27 45
Ebenezer, 27
Anna. 27
David, 45
Amy Hosford, 45
BENSON — John A., 98
Sara C, 98
BERESFORD— Harry D., 141 166
Susan Almeda, 141 166
William Orvis, 166
Ruth Brownie, 166
Robert Orvis, 166
BEST— Ina Maude, 164
BETTIS — Mrs., 192, 193
BICKNELL— Gilbert Glen, 138
Harriet, 138
Solomon Gilbert, 138
Harriet Ross, 138
BIDWELL — Mary Emma, 105 147
Warren W., 105
Margaret, 105
Captain Isaac, 24
BINGTON, Jacob, 24
Hannah, 24
BISCH— Julia, 157
BLACKMAN— Nathan. 28
Phebe, 28
Abagail. 28
Elizabeth, 28
BLAKE— Mary, 10
BOND — Elmer Reed, 151
Ada, 151
BOOTH— George, 194
Eva, 194
Clara, 194
Eunice, 98
BOORMAN — Mary, 83
BORGERUD — Julius, 159
Kieth Charles, 159
Dorothy Allen, 60
BOUCHARD — Harvey, 104
Sarah, 104
BOWNE — Dr. Alfred Theodore, 51
Alfred, 51
Julia. 51
Emeline E.. 51
John, 56
BOWLES — Thankful. 28
BOYNTON — Caroline, 43
Marion, 101 159
BOYCE — Sara Ann, 104 154
BOYD— Sarah Matilda, 90
BROWN— Norah. 158 168
David, 158
Sarah, -158
Mary S., 194
C. Orvis, 198
William, 195
Miss Brown, 10
Naomi, 23
Lillis, 36 62 195
Hannah. 46
Andrew, 81
Alta Angelina, 81
David, 102, 145
Phebe, 102 145
Sanford Leslie, 145
Alynia, 145
Ann Eliza, 145
Samuel Pierson, 145
Myron, 145
Mary Elizabeth, 145
Meade L., 145
Dell, 145
-William, 66
114 160
BRECKENRIDGE— David, 155 171
Martha, 155 171
Elizabeth Jane, 171
Sarah Ann, 171
Margaret, 171
Selah Palmer, 171
Mary Rebecca, 171
BRIDGEMAN— John, 34
BRIGNALL — Frederick Thomas, 155 170
Margaret, 155 170
Lilian Irene, 170
Mary, 170
Frederick Selah, 170
Benjamin Orvis, 170
Gilbert Glen, 161
Harriet, 161
William Orvis, 161
BRISTOL — Jennie I., 142 166
BROTHERS — Hannah Jane, 129
BROPHY — Mary, 125
BROWNLOW— David, 178
Emily N„ 178
BRONSON — Richard, 8 12 13 15
John, 13
Abagail, 13 15 20
Elizabeth, 21 22
Grace, 21
BROOKS — Elizabeth, 36 61
Emma, 54
BULLARD— D. H., 75
BULL — Thomas, 20
John, 20
BURLINGAME— Charles H, 80 126
Josephine May, 126
Helen, 126
Lee Orvis, 126
Jesse Lee, 126
BURCHARD— Nellie M„ 128 162
Charles Austin, 128
Mary E„ 128
BURGE— Henry R., 155 171
Elizabeth, 155 171
Gladys Marie, 171
Florrine Pearlie, 171
Emory Claire, 171
Samuel, 155
Matilda, 155
BURKE — Captain John, 19 32
BURNETT — Dorothy, 110
BURNHAM — Mary, 21
Martha, 26
BURRELL — Col. Charles, 33
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SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
1XDEX OF PERSONS — OTHER THAN ORVISES
BURSCH— Marion, 113
Minnie E., 113
Verne, 113
Viva, 113
Lilia, 113
BURTT — Ashel, 21
Martha. 21 30
BUTLER — Mabel, 29 44 162
Silas, 40
Sewell, 50
Lucina, 50
Walter. 12S 162
Fanny jr., 128 162
George, 162
BUTTERFIELD — William H., 113
Cora M., 113
Fred.. 113
CALDWELL — Doctor, 59
CAMPBELL — Hannah. 37 38 50 51 185
Direxy, 37 38 65 66 67 68 69 191
James, 38
Eleanor, 93 128
Francis, 101
Harriet May, 178
Howard Raymond, 137
Linda Lillian, 137
CANFIELD — Albert E., 81 127
Jennie Irene, 81 127
John Orvis, 127
Caroline Emma, 127
Albert Ezra, 127
Emma J., 158
CARLSTRAND — Marie Isabel, 125
Charles. 125
Mary, 125
CAROTHERS— Priscilla, 63
CARRINGTON — Rebecca, 17
John, 17
Joan, 17
Elijah M., 53
CARROLL — Amy, 163
CARPENTER— David. 8 11 12 13 14 04
Mary, 12 14
Elizabeth. 11 12 14
Eunice. 64
Ira, 102
Roger Orvis. 102
Susan, 102
Lucy. 129
Harvey, 195
CAKE — Angelina Deborah. 88 130
J. I.. 96
CATLIN— Thomas. 194
Mary, 194
Captain John, 25
CAWSTER — Mary. 10
CHASE — rhebe, 36 62 63
Secretary, 58
Marvin Selwyn, 120 159
Anna Rosetta, 120 159
Zalman Fowler, 120
Hannah, 120
Florence Adams, 159 185 186
Mary Elizabeth. 159
Helen Van Etten. 159
CHANNING — Rev. Wm. Henry, 62
William Ellery, 62
i'HAPIN — 1st Lieut. Henry, 25
CHAPPELI Leora Alice,
Thomas. 125
Alice, 125
Experience, 14
CHURCH— Elizabeth. 31 32 37 38 39 191
196
Merlvn H.. 83 144
Cyrus, 83
Mary, 83
Maliehi. 31
Captain John, 32
Timothy. 34
Samuel Orvis, 75 198
Harriet, 108 137
Daniel. 108
Vivian E.. 144 166
Beulah E„ 144
Inez D.. 144
Cyrus Merlyn, 144
CHURCHILL — John, 48
Irene, 48
('LAPP — Celia, 43
Thomas. 43
Abagail, 43
CLARY — Joseph, 70
Laura. 70
CLARK — Salome. 37
Clarissa. 37 54 55
Mercy, 65
Ellen, 86
Asa F„ 86
Elcy. 173
CLAY— Francis. 130
CLOTZ — Sona Christiana. 156
Maggie Elizabeth, 156
Charles Willard, 15(1
Arthur Edgar, 156
Burton Henry, 156
Frederick Christian. 15G
Emma, 156
May. 156
Marie, 156
CLEMENS — Ida May. 174
Mary L., 174
CLIFFORD— Mary,
CLOWES— Margar
Charles. 110
Agnes, 112
Margaret, 76
CLYDESDALE— Fluella, 97
CAPEN — James, 195
COFFIN — Edna E.. 97 157
Emma, 97
COGGSWELL — Joseph, 17 23
Samuel, 17 23
Susanna, 17 23
Anna. 23
Nathan, 23
Martha, 23
David, 23
Mary, 23
Deborah, 23
Joanna, 23
COLLINS — Aletha. 81
Barney W.. 98
COMBS— Ebenezer, 27
CONGDON— Miron. 72 118
Gertrude Loverna, 72 118
Hugh Worthington, 118
Annie. 118
Alice Brevier, 118
COOK — Alice, 22
Ezra. 72
Jane. 72
George W., 98 142
John, 140
Harriet Ann, 140
Jesse, 140
Eliza, 140
Anna, 178
Emily Hitt. 142
Elizabeth. 142
Lillian, 142
Chauncey. 142
Lorenzo. 142
Fannv, 142
70 112
et M., 110
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
13
INDEX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
Ruth, 142
William. 142
Mary, 142
Verne, 142
Cairo, 142
COONS — William E.. 194
George, 194
Clara, 194
COOPER — Hugh, 76 110
Adelaide Mary. 76 IK
COOLEY — Anna, 24
Horace, 37
CORNEL1 Ina Abbey, 9'.
James. 94 103
Emeline, 94 103
COUS1NO — Mary, 168
COWLES — Gustave, 15
Isaac, 16
CRANNERBARY— Frank,
151
Cl
ie, 151
CRANE — Harrv S„ 105 147
Stephen D„ 105
Helen. 105
Anna Louise. 105 147
Evelyn Putnam, 147
Stanley Orvis, 147
Bruce, 147
CREHAN— Mary Ellen, 129 163
Dennis. 129
Jane. 129
CRIPPEN— Orey E., 117
Jennie Rose, 117 190
CRITTENDEN — Henry, 176
Sarah C, 176
Asa, 176
Carrie, 176
Hattie, 176
CUMERINE — Martha. 82
CURTIS — Charles. 70 112
Mary. 70 112
Walter Mills. 70 112
Mary B., 70 78 112
Grace, 70 112
Anna. 88 112
DANKS — Sarah, 21
Nellie, 108
DAVIDSON — Margaret, 135
DAVIS — Stella Viola, 8 69 84
Franklin B., 69 84 85 135 IS
Samuel, 69
Elizabeth, 64 69 74 122
Jefferson, 67
Captain Benjamin, 74
Ruth, 74 139
Silas -P.. 64
Marr, 64
Phoebe, 64
Walter Clarence. 84 139
Herbert H., 85 139
Mary J.. 85 139
Irene G.. 85 139
Jesse, 84 139
James H., 139
Carl A.. 139
George F., 139
Doris Isabella, 139
Marv F., 139
Catherine E., 139
DEAN — Gulielma, 62 95 96
De BOICE — Harriet. 104
John. 104
Mariah M.. 104
Albert, 104
Jesse. 104
James, 104
Ubert. 104
De CASE— May, 156
DECKER — Sherman, 44 73
Uri. 73
Charles, 73
Mary, 73
Frederick, 73
Eliza, 44 73
Louisa, 44
DELONG — Lawrence, 45
Howard, 45
DELINE— Nellie, 156
DENNIS — Emeline, 102 146
DENSON — Florence Emma, 129
Obadiah Fields, 129
Alice Matilda, 129
Emma, 163
DENTON — James, 62 98 103
Lillis, 62 98
Tobias, 98
Joseph, 98
Sarah, 98
DEWEY — S. J., 75
DeWITT — Mrs., 62
DICKINSON — Ebenezer. 198
DIMON — Russell J., 177
Althista, 177
DIX — Edlumlancy (Nell), 121
DOLLECK — Dorothea Frederika, 120
DOUDIET — Alfred W., 169 172
Rosetta Victoria, 172
Ernest Harold, 172
Viola May, 172
Gertrude Louise, 172
DOUGLAS— Charles C, 114
George W., 114
Cornelia, 114
Cynthia, 114
DOWNS — Annie. 120
Edward, 120
Ella A., 120
Ann, 150
DRAKE — Clement A.. 174 175
Grace G., 174 175
Elcy Mabel, 175
Ethel Agnes, 175
Burden Harold, 175
Robert Sargent. 175
DRIVER — Thomas A.. 71
Frances Augusta, 71
DUNDES — Philip, 56
Eliza, 56
DURFREY — Jed. 45
Olive, 46
DUTTON— Ada. 82 145
John R., 82
Kate, 82
Louis, 83
DWIGHT — Marianna. 62 99
EASTMAN — Samuel. 45 61 96
Phoebe, 61 96
Lucinda, 96
Mary, 96
James, 96
Gardner, P., 133
Marjorie Park, 133
EDDY — Lucy Ann, 71 120
EDGERTON — Orvis D., 198
ELLIS — Katherine C, 157
ELLIOTT — Lovinia, 123 158
John, 123
Janet, 123
Sarah, 158
Ella, 97
ELLICOTT — Ella, 157
ELMER— Sarah J.. 128
EMERTON — Carrie, 91 130 132 133
Charles Rufus, 91
Achsah Jane, 91
EMMERSON — Laura Lines, 43 70
Rev. William, 43
Sarah, 43
EMBERTON — Mary, 119 157
Thomas, 119
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SUPPLEMENT— OEMS FAMILY IX AMERICA
INDEX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN" ORVISES
EUSTACE — Annie Elizabeth. 106
Elizabeth. 143
EVEEARD — Edward B., 136
Edith E., 136
EVANS — Fanny. 176 177
FAULKEE — John, 104
Rachel, 104
FELLOWS — Nathan. 28
David F.. 173
David. 194
FERRY — Harriet. 122
Minnesota-Peyre. 122
FESSENDEN — Sec. of U. S.. 58
FIELD — Captain Reuben. 34
FISHER — Daniel. 195
FITZ — Irene G-. 85 139
FLINT — Elisha, 38
FOSTER — Isaac C. 60
Caroline Bales. 60
FRANKLK — Charles N., 168
Lelah. 168
Addie E.. 176 177
FRISBIE — Jane, 127
FROST — Naomi, 23
FUI.KERSIX — Wesley W., 124 161
Ora Lucile. 124 161
John Alvin. 124
Cora, 124
Walter Bentlev. 124 161
Francis Alvin. 124 161
Elton James. 124 161
FULLER — Renal. 45
Lois Lamson, 45
Eugenia Candice, 70 115
Annie. 118
Harold. 143
Elizabeth. 143
FULKER — Caroline, 88 137
Richard William. 89
Mary A.. 89
FULTON — Robert. 25
FUNSTON — General, 84
FUR1IAN — Clara Sarah, 101
GALVIN — Amos. 56
Mary A.. 56
GAXS — Mary Lyons. 127
John Lyons. 127
Jane, 127
GARDNER — Lillie. 152
GARTREU Lucius Jeremiah. 126
GASSNER — Mabel. 161 172
John. 161
Sarah Ann, 161
GAYLORD — Hannah. 18 22 26
Eleazer. 18
Martha. 18
Eliza. 44
De GERARDIN — Marie Adeline. 5!
GIBBS — Frank Leslie, 140 165
Emma Gertrude. 140 165
Edward. 140
Aida. 140
Harry Edward. 165
James Orvis, 165
GILBERT — Irene Carroll. 163 172
William Henrv. 163
Amv. 163
Henrietta May, 163
GILI Ward Best. 164
Alta Emma. 164
William Ward. 164
Ina Maude. 164
KILLMAN— Margaret L.. 146
GILLETT — Samuel. 47 108
Susannah, 47 108
Aaron Victor, 48 109
Irene, 48 109
Mary I.. 108
Carson C. 108
Hugh. 108
Susan. 108
Laura Ann, 109
Nettie Estelle, 109
Horace Byron. 109
Carrie Augusta, 109
GILLMORE — Janett. 123
GODDARD — Alice. 73
Lula, 73
Nellie, 73
Mabel, 73
GOODENOUGH — J. J., 65
George O., 65
GOODMAN' — John. 104
Margaret, 104
GOULD— Moses, 50
Sylinda. 50
GRAHAM — Sally. 63 113
GOODRICH — William. 17 19 23 111
Grace, 17 116
Deborah. 23
Samuel. 23
Margaret. 23
Ethan, 23
Jared, 23
Elnathan. 23
David. 23
Anna, 23
Elisha. 23
Solomon. 23
Lucy, 23
Elizabeth, 23
GRAXDY— John, 89
GRAVES — Annie August. 88 140
Ralph Landon. 88
Hannah Isabella, 88
GREEN — Julia, 89 141
Mary. 97
GREENFIELD — Henrietta. 177
GREGORY — Sarah. 61 103 104
GRIDLEY — Samuel. 13 14
Elizabeth, 21 22 28 29
Thomas, 21 22 25
Ebenezer, 22 25
Lizzie. 58
GRIFFITH— John Henrv. 67 82
Mellie, 67 82
William. 82
Margaret. 82
Harold Orvis, 82
Katura, 111
GRIMES — Adam. 94 135
Arminda, 37 94 135
Rubv M.. 135
Minnie Abbie. 135
Lucy Adella, 135
GRISDALL — Charles. 143
Frances Ruth. 143
GROGER — Carrie E., 50 114
GROMMON — Jay H. 118 150
Fannie Zerua. 118 150
Cecile Alice. 150
Lloyd. 150
Gladys Marie, 150
GRUMMITT — Susan Julia. 38 51
GUERNSEY — Mabel Amv. 118 151
Moses H.. 118
Nelldora, 118
HALLOCK— Manetta, 168
HALE — Levi. 41 52
Hiram. 52
Luransa. 52
Julia. 52
Henrv. 52
Cvnthia. 52
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
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IKDRX OK PERSONS— OTHER THAN OKVISES
HALL — Linnie P., 107 138
Hiram, 107
Catherine Groft", 107
Elizabeth, 54
HALSEY — Mary, 42
Rev. Sabin, 160
HALYERSTON — Lydia, 114
HAMACHER — Florence Margaret, 164 172
1'eter, 164
Mamie, 164
HAMBLETON — George, 104
Rachel H, 104
HAMLIN— John, 29
David, 45
Luanna J., 45
HAMMOND — Charles A., 92 133
Sarah Belcher Nazro, 92 133
Jennie E., 76
Jennie, 110 135
Christopher, 110
Dorothy, 110
HANDERSON — Miriam, 15 16 18
John, 15
Martha, 15
James, 16
Sarah, 16
HANES — Benjamin, 165
Mary Ellen, 140 165
John Erastus, 165
Miles Edward, 165
Edith Louisa, 165
Charles Wilson, 165
Harriet Esther, 165
Eleanor Mae, 165
Miles Benjamin, 140
Jacob E.. 140
HARDIN — Clay. 130 167
Thomas Bentley, 130
Frances. 130
Dr. V. O., 51
Julia, 51
HARDING — Rachel, 44 71 72
Captain Samuel, 44
HARDY — Henrv, 155 170
Lillie Irene, 170
Henry Frank. 170
Mary Ann, 170
Sarah. 155
Sevilla. 113
HARRISON — Jessie, 84 139
James, 84
Hettie, 84
William Henry, 63 192
Horatio, 116
Mary, 116
HARTMAN — Sergeant, 13
Stephen, 13 20
John, 13
Mary, 24
Hannah, 24
Seth, 27
HARTMAN — Etta, 122
HARTRANFT — Governor, 48
HARVEY — Lewis Blanney. 127 164
Caroline Elizabeth, 127 164
Mary Lyon Orvis, 164
HASKELL — Charlotte M., 55
Rose, 55
Delia, 117 148
HAVEN — Susanna, 17
HAWLEY — Benjamin. 24 193
Ebenezer, 24
Mary, 24
Amos, 24
Lydia, 28 32 42 43 193 197
Samuel, 28 29 193
Elizabeth, 28 29
Elisha, 29 193
Ursula, 193
Margaret, 193
Amy. 193
Eleazer, 193
Orvis E., 193
Romulus, 193
HAYNES — Nathaniel, 195
HAYDEN — Sarah Elizabeth, 178
HEACOCK (Heacox) — Joseph, 14
James, 29
Emma Gertrude, 79 124 125 126
Samuel, 79
Susan, 79
HEADING — Marcus, 45
HELLESTROM — Eva. 153 167
HERRICK — Seth, 195
HEATH— Lucy, 71 116
HIGGINSON — Francis, 20
HILL — Elizabeth, 14 122 156
Emeline, 50
Eliza, 62
Fanny, 73 120
Emma Dempsey, 131
John Lewis, 131
Willard, 156
El'fie. 156
Dollie, 156
Burton, 156
John. 156
Loretta, 158 168
Margaret Muriel, 166
Charles L., 166
Mina, 166
HINMAN — Historian, 15
Mary, 14
Col. Benjamin, 33
HINCHMAN — John Conover, 54
HIPPLE— Boyd, 114
Eulalia C, 114
HITCHCOCK — Jeduthon, 37 40
Urania, 37 40
Alvina Urania, 40
HITT — Mary, 98
HOFFMAN — Dr. Henry Forest. 102
Clarissa Sayre. 102
Emma Grace, 83 138 190
William H., 83 138
Alice Evalin, 138
HOGLES— ( ? ), 36
HOLCOMB — Margaret, 22
HOLPEN — Susannah, 29 35
HOLLEY — Lydia M. H.. 173. 174
HOLTON — Mindwell, 30 40 196
HOOKER — Samuel. 14
William, 16
HOPE — James. 51 113
Mary, 113
Mary Elizabeth, 113
James Arthur, 113
HOPKINS — Betsy Susanna, 103
HOSFORD — Anna, 27
HOTCHKISS — Anson R., 46 128 164
Cornelia Emily, 46 128 164
Harold Ralph, 164
HOUGH— HannaTi, 14
HOWE— Ruth, 28 36 37
Mary, 30
George C, 85
HOVVLAND — Prudence, 52 114
HOYT— William Judson, 144
Vivian E., 144 166
Wilma Lois, 166
Margaret, 166
Howard Church, 166
HTJNN — Nathaniel,
Martha. 24 198
Hannah. 24
166
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SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
INDKX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
HUNNEWELL — Emeline E., 51
William, 51
Sophronia, 51
Annie, 51
Theodore, 51
Rosa, 51
Georgia, 51
HUNT — Jonathan, 34
Wealthy, 52
Henry Malcolm, 153 1157
Harriet Sargent, 153
Allison Orvis, 167
Margaret, 167
HYLAN— Mayor John F„ 179 180
HYDE — Frederick J., 115 149
Julia Louise, 115
Louise, 149
ISRAEL — Captain, 36
JACKSON— Selah, 40
JAEGER — Jane, 48
JEFFRIES — Susanna, 59
JENNISON— Ruth, 62 98
JONES — Annie E. Williams, 106 134
Daniel, 195
JOHNSON — Guy Harold, 135 169
Lucile Dorothy. 135 169
Shirley Mae, 169
Joseph, 83
Ida Rose, 83
Edith Palmer, 175
JORDAN — Florence, 109
Orvis F., 198
JOSELYN — Jonathan, 56
Mary E., 56
JUDD — Jemima, 21 32
Jonah, 21
Joseph, 21
Sarah, 21
Ke2iah, 24 27
James, 24
Eunice, 24
Thomas, 24
Matthew, 24
KASKEY — Anna, 128 162
William, 128
KOONS— Elizabeth, 69
KASTER— William, 151 118
Arvilla, 151
Carrie, 151
Ada, 151
Levi, 151
Emery, 151
Emeline, 118 149
KEESE — Deborah Smith. 62 106 195
Phebe, 98
KELLER— Harry, 81 127
Anna Mary, 81 127
John Orvis, 127
Mary Lyon,. 127
John Gans, 12-7
Martha, 127
Eleanor Schofleld, 127
Ellis Orvis, 127
William Huestis. 127
Daniel, 81
Martha E., 81
Eva, 116 143
KENNEDY — Dordania Washburn, 173
KIBBE — Caroline, 63 88 89 193
KINSDALL— Captain, 34
KIRK, Lucinda. 96
KELLOG — Leet or Seth, 24
John, 24
Ann, 24
William Wallace, 129
Horace, 129
Lucv, 129
KIMBALL — Sarah, 32 43 70 71
Edward, 43
William Washington, 70
Nancy Boynton, 70
Frank Orvis, 70
Washington, 123
KING — Clarence E„ 144
Inez L., 144
Lillian Adelle, 112 160
LeGrande Morse, 112
Sarah, 112
Phoebe Louise, 112
KNAPP — Phebe, 28 35
KNAUSS— Elizabeth, 156
KNEE — Clarence, 82
Ida Arleta, 82
Cyrus, 82
Martha, 82
Mellie, 82
KOEBSLE— George, 118
Alice Brevier, 118
LADUE— Sara Elizabeth, 73 121
Laura, 73
LAMAS— Lois, 63 98 123
LANDFEAR — Wealthy, 55
LANKTON— John, 14
Ebenezer, 16
Mary, 23
LARRABE — Anna. 38 70 196
Samuel, 38
Polly, 38
LAW — Harriet, 108
LAWRENCE — Julia M., 62 94
LA WTON— General, 84
LELAND — Ina, 132 167
Major Warren, 132
LEONARD — Sophronia, 28
LERON — Rachel, 21
LEE — William, 158 169
Lois, 169
Allan, 169
Charles, 169
Ruth, 169
Elidia, 24
General Robert E.. 25
LEWIS— Levi, 37 61
Marianne Roxanna, 61
Roger Orvis, 61
Arminda, 135
Augusta, 146
LINCOLN — Abraham, 67
L1NTNER — George, 155 170
Ann, 155 170
Edward, 170
Charles, 170
Mary, 170
Frank. 170
Annie, 170
Susan, 170
LINTON— Miriam, 102 144
LODGE — James, 152
Ida, 152
LOITZY— Lulia, 157
LONG — M., 64
LOUGHRY— Mrs., 117
LOWE— Frank Willesley, 137
Emma Julia, 137
Annie, 72 115
LYMAN — Huntington, 186
LYON — Mary Lowrie, 80 127
S. S. Esq., 80
George. 120
Leila Jennette, 120
LUNN — Edward C, 181
McALPINE — Diantha, 37
McARTHUR— Agnes, 110
McBURNIE — Mary, 103 152
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
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INDEX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
MCCARTNEY— Hugh (Supplement)
Edith (Supplement)
McCLITCHIE— Minnie. 118 148
McCARDLE— George, 128
Fannie M., 128
McCLOSKEY — Nathan C, 49 109
Alma Agusta, 109
Margaret, 109
Llewellyn Orvis, 109
Orrin Noble. 109
Katherine Le Rine, 109
McFEELEY — William, 66 82
Durancy Rebecca, 66 82
Mellie M., 82
Edward Everett, 82
Jennie, 82
Elsie Marie, 82
Willie, 82
Ida Arietta, 82
McILLWAIN — Mary, 84
Samuel, 84
Martha, 84
McKINLEY" — President, 192
McKENNEY — Aaron, 67
Jannette Maria, 67
McKITTERICK— Martin T., 136
Edith E., 136
McMILLEN — Dr. W. W. P., 122
Harriet, 122
McNERNY — Frederick. 105
Emma Hall. 105
MADDEN — James. 84, 152
Rose Levina. 84 152
Mary Levina, 152
James Paterick, 152
Katheryn, 152
Thomas Orvis, 152
Samuel, 152
Margaret, 152
Edward Francis, 101
Allen Norman, 101
Elizabeth Louise, 101
MacKENZIE — Alexander Ross, 80
Virginia Kate, 80
John, 80
Isabella. 80
Henry Bentley, 80
John Row 80
Maxwell. 80
MAHEW — Priest. 44
MALBY — Chester. 97
Jane M.. 97
Nellie, 97
Edward. 97
Frank, 97
MALIA — Joseph, 66
Mabelle Elizabeth, 66
Mary Louise, 66
Joseph Hugh, 66
MARBURY — John Morton, 88 149
MARRIOTT — Victor E., 144
Beulah E„ 144
MARSH— Elijah. 27
Eunice. 27
MASON — Captain John. 11
Dr. Frederick, 149
Louise Hyde, 149
MATTHEWS — Eliza Ann, 168 172
Lewis, 168
Manetta. 168
Margaret Ann. 104
MEADE — Emma D., 145
Harrison, 145
Mary, 145
MERCER — Thomas Clifford, 58
Catherine Loretta, 58
Lizzie, 58
Nellie, 58
Carver. 58
MERRITT— Mary, 27
MERTZ — Joseph W., 72
Lucy A., 72
George, 114
Josephine, 114
MERRILL — Jesse, 69
METCALF — Elizabeth, 141
MILES — Alice Matilda, 129
MINNIS — Lucia Davenport, 111
MONTCALM — General, 32
MOODY — Ebenezer, 19
MURDIN — Elizabeth, 69
MILLER— Abraham, 21
Sarah, 21
Jemima. 21 32
Elizabeth, 31
Zeruah, 38 56
Hannah Isabella, 88
Matilda, 93 128
Archie, 114
Ella J., 114
Laura A., 121
MILLWARD — Frank Henry, 129 164
Minnie Bird, 129 164
William Henry, 129
Hannah Jane, 129
Sherlev Olive, 164
Henry Orvis, 164 172
Florence Margaret. 164 172
Alta Emma, 164
Geneveve Brothers, 164
Claude James, 164 172
Frankie Harold. 164
MIX— Elisha, 39 74
Polly, 39
Artimesia, 74
MOORE— Mary, 40 63 64
Thomas, 64
MORRISON— Paige, 63 121
Phebe Maria, 63 121
MUDGE — Martha, 23
Ebenezer, 23
Abagail, 23
MUNSON — Lucius, 45
Sally Benton, 45
MURRAY— Charles H., 154
Gertrude, 154
Marie, 154
NASH— Samuel, 16
NAZRO — Mary Elizabeth, 57 90 91 92 93
Henry, 57
Eliza, 57
NEAL — Walter. 11
NEISS — May, 109
NEWBERRY — Captain, 16
NORMAN — Mary Isabella, 101
NEWCOMB — James H„ 59 102
George Hiram, 102
Clarissa Sayre, 102
Hiram King, 102
Julia Maria. 59 102
NOBLE— Mattie. 129 166
Isabel S., 166
Claude R., 166
NORTH— Anna, 21
Hannah, 22 28 33 193
Nathaniel, 22
Margaret, 22
NORTHRUP— Arietta C. 67 68 75 83
Emma, 156
NORTON — Elidia, 24
Susan Mills, 63
John, 194
ODELL — Hattie B., 174
O'BRIEN— John D., 122
Minnesota-Peyre. 122
O'HARA-W. M., 108
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SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
INDEX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
OLDS— Benjamin, 195
OLIN — Emma Laura, 93 129
O'NEIL — Mina, 166
ORSTON — Dr. Robert, 51
Lulia Louisa, 51
Cynthia, 51
ORNE — Henrv Merrill, 93 134
Harriett Josephine, 93 134
Beatrice, 134
Evelyn, 134
ORRIS— George, 12 13
John, 12
Jonathan, 12
Experience, 12
Elizabeth, 12
OSGOOD — John, 70 112
Mary, 70 112
Anna, 70 112
Eliza. 70 112
Jane, 70 112
ORTON — James M., 194
Eunis, 194
PACKARD — Patience Susanna, 44
PAGE — Ebenezer. 174
Mary L., 174
Mary E., 128
Hannah, 29
PAINE— Rachel, 176
PARKER — Lucretia Lydia. 44 72 73
Samuel, 44
Lydia Thurston, 44
Alice. 125
Eleanor Schofleld, 127
George Ross, 127
Mary C. 127
PARKE— Ryland, 63
Wallace, 63
Helen, 63
PARKS — Timothy, 24
PARMENTER — Asenath, 30 32 34
Jason, 34
PARSONS— Mary, 17
Robert L., 106
Laura May, 106
PATERSON — Jonathan, 195
PAYNE — Alide May, 133
John M., 133
Adeline, 133
PEASE— Rov. 115 147
Alma Esther. 115 147
Thearon, 147
Donna Hellen, 147
PECK — Rhoda J.. 178
PEET— A. W., 63 121
Minnie P., 121
Phoebe Maria, 121
PERRY — Anna, 176
William, 176
Edith, 176
PERSON— John, 16
PPIFFNER — Mayme, 115 144
PHELPS— Mary, 56
Mary Ellen. 89 140 141
PIATT — Margaret, 82
PICKETT— Ruth. 28
PIERCE — Robina Louise, 59 99 100
Dr. Joseph, 59
Susanna, 59
PIBRSON — George S.. 177
T1LLEY— John. 90. 134
Rey, 90 134
Ruth, 90 134
PLACE— Abagail, 43
POOLE— Grant, 160
PORTER— Thomas, 14
Noah, Jr.. 14
Doctor, 22
John, 177
Sarah Louise, 177
POTTER — Oliver, 72 116
Carmelia, 72 116
Mary, 116
Carl Worthington, 116
Jessie, 116
Willis, 116
Grace, 116
Helen, 94 147
POUCHER— Alice, 66
Samuel J., HG
Mabelle Elizabeth, 66
Samuel Francis, 66
POWELL — Martha H., 128 161
POWERS — Jane, 129
PRECHTEL — Mary, 156
PROCTOR — Elizabeth, 103 155
PRUYN — Elizabeth, 177 194
PUCKERING — William. 155 169
Mary Jane, 155 169
Mary Louise, 169
Alma Wilhelma, 169
William Isaac, 169
Alice Robina, 169
PULLEN — John A., 50
Fred, 50
Fanny, 50
Elizabeth, 50
PURDY — Electa Sophia. 39 53 54
Trueman, 39
PUTNAM — General, 31 192
Caroline, 56 118
Helen, 105
QUINLAN — Richard J., 72
Lucy A., 72
RANKIN— Mary, 103 155
READING! — William Augustus, 66 81
Emerency Climena, 66 81
Simeon Albert, 81
Alta Angelina, 81
Aletha, 81
Ella May, 81
RECOR — Joseph, 104
Mary, 104
Maria, 45
REED — Rev. Reuben, 67
Annetta Sophia, 67
REINHARD — Ethel L., 76 139 191
J. G., 139
RENAUD — Honnal, 157
RENTON — Ella Louise. 115 150
REYNOLDS — Eliza, 49
Anna, 116
Lee W., 117
Esther May, 117
Dolf, 118 151
Florence Viola. 118
Willie, 151
Luela, 151
Lula, 151
Agnes, 151
RHAMY — Dr. B. W., 8 !
Mary Alice, 99 129
Mary Louise, 99 129
William Orvis, 99 129
RINEVAULT — Margaret, 49
RHEUBOTHAM— Charles, 119
Orissa, 119
RIDDLE— Ella Grace, 163 172
George, 163
Betsy Susanna, 163
RICHIE— Margaret, 104 154
RIBSTOCK — Christopher. 178
Alice, 178
RING — Orvis C, 198
RIEGELMANN — Edward C„ 179 180 183
RICHARDSON — Francis, 117 129
77 99 100 129 186
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMEPJCA
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INDEX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
RICH— Celestia, 35 49
RICHARDS — Thomas, 17
Mary, 17
RILEY— Grace. 17
Anna J., 95
ROSE — Russell, 28 29
Lydia, 28 29 191
ROOT — John, 13 17 22 198
Mary, 17
Martha. 22 198
Hezekiah, 22
Joseph, 22
Lieutenant William, 36
Elizabeth, 178
ROGERS— Sophia Selden, 51
Harnet L., 121
ROSEBROOK— Mary J.. 85 139
ROBINSON— Orren. 71
Helen, 71
ROWE— Samuel, 27
Daniel, 27
ROUSE — Arr.brozine. 97
RORISON— David, 174
Mabel G., 174
ROBBINS — Annie, 37
ROSS— Harriet, 138
Isabella, 80
ROWLEY — Betsy. 35 49
RODOLFF — Louise, 157
ROBERTS— Charlotte, 27
General. 39
Anna, 70 112
RUPLE— Lillie May, 157
SAGE— Sally. 36 64 65
Amanda Malvina F., 71 119
SALESBURY— Hezekiah, 195
SALTON — Hannah S., 155 171
Elizabeth, 155 169
SANBORN— Levina, 67 84
Mabelle, 84 144
SANFORD — Ida, 177
SARGEANT — Harriet, 54 106
Jo.seph,
Er
54
Lois B., 63
SAVAGE— Historian, 15
SAWYER— Gertrude, 69
SAYRE— Betsy, 40 42 51
Hannah, 40 42 59
Paul, 42
Mary, 42
SCHENCK— Horace, 104
Elizabeth, 104
SCHMIDT — Mary E., 94 141
SCHOFIELD — Mary C. 127
SCHOOLEY— Mary E., 56
SCHRAM— Isaac, 57
Kate, 57
Joseph E., 57
SCOTT — Mary, 14 15
Samuel, 14 15 19 20
Martha. 14 19
Ebenezer. 19
Hezekiah. 19
General,
Mrs. Wi
D.,
96
Wm. D., 95 96 135 161 179 180 183
Mary Louise, 161 180
William Orvis, 161
Muriel Lorraine, 161
Andrew Lorraine, 135
Margaret. 135
SELLECK — Bethia, 70 76 110 111 112
Eliza. 76
SEVERANCE — Martha. 21 30
Elizabeth, 21 25 31 32 193 196 198
Ephraim, 21
Mary, 21
SEWARD — Marianne Roxanna, 28 37
Lieut. Joseph, 28 29
Elizabeth, 28 29
Caroline. 29 43
SHAW— Myrtle, 111 136
John, 111
Katrina, 111
SHERMAN — Rev. Geo. Washington, 74
Artimesia, 74
SHELL — Hiram, 104
Rachel, 104
SHOWERS — Elizabeth, 23
SIMPSON — Elmina Anna, 88 140
Milo, 88
SIMONDS — Anna Louise, 86 139
David Kendall. 86
Ellen, 86
Elmina, 88
Col. Benjamin, 45
SIZER — Georgia A., 113
SKATS — Mary M., 88
SLEMMON6 — Mary Elizabeth, 89
SMILEY— 84
SMITH — Joseph, 22
Samuel, 22
Jane. 22
Jedediah, 23
David, 24 193
Mary, 18
Charlotte, 27
Julia, 49 100
Lydia, 193
Ursula, 193
Delilah, 117
Velleta Geraldine, 141
SMOCK— Gladys Ella, 141 167
William, 141
Velleta Geraldine, 141
SNOW — Mary Ada, 94 136
SOUTHERTON — Rev. Walter I., 96
SPAULDING — Elizabeth T. W., 146
General George, 146
Augusta, 146
SPENCER — George, 100
William, 100
Adelaide, 100
Luella, 100
SQUIRE — John P., 71 123
Catherine Greene, 71
Frank Orvis, 71
Ella L., 49 119
Huldah, 117
STANLEY — John. 14
STARK— Kate. 82
STEBBINS— Patty, 30 39
STEADMAN — Ruth Lee, 169
( ? ), 21
STEVENSON — Mary, 152
STEVENS — Timothy, 22
Alice, 22
Alice Caroline, 70 115
STEWART — Lurenza, 52 109
Matthew, 52 109
Frank, 109
William H., 109
Charles M., 109
Phoebe, 109
Hattie, 109
Emma, 109
Eva, 109
Nellie, 109
May, 109
Florence, 109
Jane, 105 146
STICKNEY — Achsah Jane, 91
STILLWAGON — Ira M„ 128 162
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SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
INDEX OF PERSONS— OTHER THAN ORVISES
STODDARD — Levi, 46 64
Mirinda, 46 64
Wilfred Cameron, 81 128
Caroline Atwood, 81 128
John Orvis, 128
Catherine, 128
STORM — Thomas, 90 91
Sarah Matilda, 90 91
STRONG — Frances Isabella, 59 101
John Owen, 101
Mary Isabella, 101
Jane, 47
STYLES — Henry R., 19
SUNBUR1" — Lodoiska, 122 156 157
Daniel. 122
Polly, 122
SWAIN — Jennie M„ 174 175
SWEET — Esther M., 49
SWENSON— Roy A., 135 136 161 169
Evelyn Mildred, 135 169
Verle Roy, 169
SWERZE— Eliza, 140
SWIFT — Susan Appleton, 106 134
SWINYER — Etta M., 158 168
James B., 158
Emma J., 158
TAFT — William H., 90
TARBOX — Lida Helen, 85 153
TATE — Marion E„ 153 167
TAYLOR — Lucretia, 56 117
TELANDER — Grace Fay, 101
Andrew, 101
TEMPLE & SHELDON — Historians, 193
TEN EYCK — Francis M., 93
TERRELL— Edward C, 156
Dollie Belle, 156
Ralph Edward, 156
Edgar Clyde, 156
Henry Lovinus, 156
TERVITT— May Spence, 155 170
THOM— Channing, 146
Carrie C, 146
THOMAS — Lucy, 38
Ann, 106
THOMPSON— Martha, 18
Eunice, 24
John, 27
Mary, 27
Luke, 27
Tamar, 27
Ransom, 45
Jennie. 82
Thomas A., 82
Sarah A., 82
Adelaide, 95 135
Lillian, 134
Charles R.. 158
Ann Christine, 158
TIBBITTS— Warren, 120
Edward Horace, 120
Charles Warren, 120
TOBIAS — John, 62 97
Martha. 97
James, 97
Sarah, 97
Joseph, 97
Mary, 97
Fluella, 97
Dr. Joseph, 62
TRAVIS — Beatrice Dtmais, 101 159
TRIPP — Lucy Ann, 94
TRUESDELL — Abraham K.. 106
Emma Ruth, 106
TUCKER— Joseph, 195
TTJDOR — Jane, 22
TURNER— Susan, 29
William, 29
Ruth, 190
101
TL'TTLE — John L., 70
Eliza, 70
Urania, 37
Rosabella, 38
Capt. John J., 191
TYLER — President, 192
TYRRELL — Sarah. 128 162
UNDERWOOD— Rachel, 36
"Mister," 36
UTLEY — George P., 54 104
Elizabeth, 104
Arthur E., 104
Amy Sophia, 104
May Ter.nsfleld. 104
Julia Caroline, 104
UTTERMARK — Beatrice.
UPHAM — Lucia Chipman, 38 57 58
Joseph P., 38
Rosabella, 38
VANE— Ora Etta, 178
VAN BROCKLIN — Lvsander, 46
Almira, 46 65
VAN DORN— Charles B., 154
Bertha, 154
Lawrence Edwin, 154
VAN HOUTEN — ( ? ), 117
VAN KIRK — Earl, 81
Ruth Elizabeth, 81
Alta Ellvn, 81
Earl LeRoy. 81
Vernon Raymond, 81
Vyvian Robert, 81
Eugene, 81
VAN LAUTER— Mortimer Edgerton, 137
VAN WIE — James, 76
Adelaide, 76
VARNEY— James, 45
VENTURAS— Moses, 14
VINCENT — Mary Elizabeth, 89
VON SCHAICK— Colonel Goose, 32 34
VOSBURG— George H., 60
Jeremiah, 60
Grace Robey, 60
Hope, 60
WADE— William T., 72
Charlotte, 72
WADS WORTH— John, 14
Nathaniel, 14
Colonel, 24
WAGNER — Marie, 156
WALKER — Laura Ellen, 54 87 88
WALSH — Sarah Ann, 161
WARNER— Susan, 23
Amazia, 35
Francis, 47 100
Lydia, 47
Susie, 50
Emeline, 94 103 142
WARE — Esther A., 52 107 108
WASHINGTON— George. 31 192
WATSON— Captain, 33
WATTERS — Anna Viola, 141 165
Edward, 141
Elizabeth, 141
WAY — Benjamin, 104
Phebe Ann, 104
Hannah, 103 153
WEBSTER — Jonathan, 29
WELCH— Marion, 159
WELLS — Ada Stevens, 76 110
Ella May, 81
WELSH — Marion, 101
Bernard, 101
Francis, 100
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
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INDEX OF PERSONS — OTHER THAN ORVISES
WICKS — Thomas, 41 51
Martha, 51
Benjamin, 51
Laurencv, 51
Orvis, 51
Lulia Louisa, 51
John Calvin, 51
Cvnthia, 51
Henry, 51
Sophia, 51
Sylvia, 51
WILCOX — Jonathan, 21
Thomas, 21
Anna, 21
Laura L., 120
WILKINS— Marinda, 35 50
WILDER— Sylvia, 51
WILLIS — Joseph, 195
WILLIAMS— Margaret Elizabeth, 106 153
Owen E„ 106
Ann, 106
Kate, 107 136
Roger, 13
Colonel William, 30
Pearl M., 120
Isaac Lang'ley, 134
WILMOT — Wilmer, 119
Sarah. 119
WILSEY — Croydon E., 113
Roy Orvis, 113
Heil Orvis, 113
Plorilla May, 113
WILSON— Schooley. 102
Huldah, 102
Woodrow, 112
Oliver B„ 141 166
Ann Berd, 141 166
Anna Maurine, 166
Oliver Kenneth, 166
WINCHELL— Jonathan, 15
Sarah, 21
WINN — Edwin, 115 150
Florence Marce, 150
Mildred Ann, 150
Marg"arite, 150
Edith, 115 150
WINNER— Susan, 79
AVINSLOW— General, 32
WISE — Anna Elizabeth, 54 105
Samuel C, 54
Elizabeth. 54
WRIGHT — Martha, 10
Mary, 16
Cynthia, 52
Sarah, 112 158
WHEELER — M., 37
Sophia. 51
Caroline, 62 97
WHITCOMB — Eric Leslie, 105 146
Elsie May, 105 146
Richard Orvis, 146
Evelyn, 146
WHITEHEAD— Aaron, 43 190
WHITIN — Sarah Maria, 53 77 86
Paul, 53
WHITE— Susan Wealthy, 55 89 90
Nodiah, 55
John, 11
James, 104
Margaret, 104
Hannah, 120
WHITMEIRE — William L., 115 147
Millicent M., 115 147
James Edmund, 147
WHITNEY— Hannah, 37 38 50 57 18
Israel, 37
Lemuel, 195
WOLF — Bertie, 135
Henry, 135
WOOD— May, 134
WOODS — May Lowe, 85
Samuel Hale, 85
Julia Ann, 85
WOODRUFF — Mary, 17 23
WOOLEY — Elizabeth, 39 74
WORDEN— Charles B., 65 82 83
Destina D., 65 82 83
Doanza A., 82
Edgar, 82
Edna, 82
Ennis Henry, 82
Delia M., 82
John B., 82
Lois A., 82 145
Ruth D., 82
Ida Rose, 82
Milo S., 82
Ada, 82
Marion E., 145
Eugene M., 145
Grace I., 145
George W., 145
Alice M., 145
Rachel B., 145
Leon John, 145
Chester Judd, 145
Ruth L., 145
Lois R., 145
Nettie, 156
WYNKOOP — Ann Eliza. 146
YOUNG — Clarissa. 27
Ann, 74
Robert Orvis. 198
Adeline, 133
ZIMMER — George John, 135
Alice Lenore, 135
Miriam Aileen, 135
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SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
NAMES OF PERSONS OTHER THAN ORVISES APPEARING IN SUPPLEMENT
ADAMS — Ann Rosette, IV
ARMSTRONG — Albert, VII VIII
Arminda Lydia, VII VIII
George Orvis Lewis, VIII IX
Jo. Austin, VIII IX
Josephine, VIII
Camelia A., VIII
William Hoye, IX
Albert Earl, IX
Helen, IX
Robert Lewis, IX
Perry Lewis, IX
Hellen Pollock, IX
BACON — William Andrew, II
Julia Ann, II
BACHMANN— George, VII IX
Hazel, VII IX
Emma, VII IX
Charles, VII IX
Annie, VII IX
BENNETT — John Wesley, VII VIII
Farris Elbert, VIII
Evelyn Theresa, VIII
Bertha, VIII
Mabel, VIII
BINGHAM — Abagail, VI
BROWN — Alzina, V
CARUTHERS — Priscilla R., Ill
CHASE — Marvin Selwyn. IV
Ann Rosette, IV
Dr. Zalmon Fowler, IV
Hannah, IV
CHANDLER — Thomas, VI
Florinda, VI
William. VI
Mary, VI
Frances, VI
Viola. VI
Charles, VI
Arminda, VI
CLIFFORD— Emory, III IV
Mary, III IV
CLINTON— Ira. VI
COWLES — Hettie, III
COVELL-
Eliza,
DAVIS — Franklin Berchard,
Herbert Homer, III
Walter Clarence, V
Stella Viola, III
FIELDS — Seth, II
GADSDEN — Fred.. V
Eleanor H., V
Hazel, V
Fred. Jr., V
GALVAN— Amos, III
GANS— Mary Lyons, IV
GARLICK— Mary A., VII
GRIMES— Adam, VII VIII
Arminda. VII VIII
Ruby Mabel, VIII
Minnie Abbie, IV VIII
Lucy Adella, VIII
Mrs. Adam, V
GROFF — Catherine, IV
HAINES— Mary Ellen, V
HEACOCK— Emma Gertrude, III
HARRISON— Hettie, III
HOLT— Hannah, HI
HOTTON — A.., II
HOYE— Josephine, VIII IX
JAVITZ — Edgar M., V
Alzina, V
Mary Camilla, V
Flora Lorena, V
Charles Harold, V
JOSLYN— Jonathan, III
KELLER — John Orvis, IV
Mary Lyons, IV
Henry, IV
LEWIS — Almida, VI
Arminda. VI VIII
Roger Orvis, VI
Ezra Shaler, VI
Abner, VI VII
Levi Norman, VI VII
Charles Lyman, VI
Mary, VI VII
Elvira, VI VII
Orissa, VI VII VIII
Theresa, VI VII
Levi Sydney, VII
Julia Marie, VII VIII
George Gardner, VII VIII
Arminda Lydia, VII
Annie, VII
Seward Sumner, VII VIII
Nora Mabel, VII IX
Levi, VI
Marianne Roxanne, VI
Alfred, VII
Julia, VII
William, VII
Benjamin, VII
Charles, VII
Francis Marion, VII
Adella, VII
Ernest, VII
Harley Ann, VII
Gertrude, VII
Ella, VII
Frank, VII
Anna, VII
Hattie, VII
Ura, VII
Emma, VII
Ethel, VIII
Clayton, VIII
Olive, VIII
Lucy Madeline, IX
Lucy Ann, VI
Abagail, Vl
McCLOSKEV— Nathan C. Ill
Catherine LaRine, IV
MALTMANN — Harry Latham, VII IX
Stephen, VII
Mary A., VII
Arthur Lewis, IX
Harry Orvis, IX
Emma. IX
Virginia Arlena, IX
Katherine June, IX
SUPPLEMENT— ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
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NAMES OF PERSONS OTHER THAN ORVISES APPEARING IN SUPPLEMENT
MILLER — Rev. Charles, II "V
William, VI
Redmond, VI
Marv, VI
Samuel. VI
Amanda, VI
Charles. VI
Almeda, VI
NICKERSON— Louise. VI
OSGOOD— Mary. IV
Anna. IV
Eliza, IV
PARMENTER — Asenath, III
PERRY — Charles Commodore, VII VIII
Julia M.. VII VIII
Edith Katrina, VIII IX
PHILLIPS — Mary. VII IX
POLLOCK— Cornelia A., VIII IX
RENTON— Ella Louise, V
IX
SCHOOLEY— Mary E., Ill
SEWARD— Marianne Roxanna, III VI
SILLECK— Bethia, IV
SMITH— Emma. IX
SWIFT— Susan Appleton, III
TRIPP— Lucy Ann. VI
WHITE — Hannah, IV
WHITNEY — Allen G., VIII IX
Edith Katrina, VIII IX
Helen Mae, IX
Perry Lewis, IX
Leona Marguerite, IX
WILLIAMS— Kate, IV
WOODS — Mary, IV
WORD'EN — Lois A., Ill
ZIMMER— George J., IV VIII IX
Minnie Abbie, VIII IX
Alice Lenore, V IX
Miriam Aileen, V IX
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